Business Date Explained

When the business date is initially set, it's supposed to be set as the First Run Business Date. It's meant for the POM application to compare to the Current Business Date (shown below the Business Date on the screen). If the (First Run) Business Date is earlier than the Current Business Date, POM will run the next batch schedule for the day after the Current Business Date. If the (First Run) Business Date is later than the Current Business Date, POM will run the next batch schedule for that date rather than the day after the Current Business Date.

Note:

The Current Business Date advances automatically every time batch completes for the day

The reason the (First Run) Business Date is updatable on this screen, is to give the ability to start the next schedule run at that date, skipping some run days. Here are a couple example scenarios:

Scenario 1: Common Scenario

System Configuration screen's Business Date: 11/28/2019

System Configuration screen's Current Business Date: 08/12/2019

The next batch schedule run will be for business date 08/13/2019.

When that batch run starts, the Current Business Date advances to 08/13/2019 and the screen is updated accordingly.

Scenario 2: Skip a Few Days

System Configuration screen's Business Date: 11/28/2019

System Configuration screen's Current Business Date: 08/12/2019

User changes the Business Date on the System Configuration screen to 08/18/2019

The next schedule run will be for business date 08/18/2019.

When that batch run starts, the Current Business Date moves to 08/18/2019 (since the (First Run) Business Date is greater than Current Business Date) and the screen will be updated accordingly. The (First Run) Business date will remain at 08/18/2019 until changed by an administrator on this screen.