User`s guide

Program Independent Jobs for a Generic Scheduler
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derived from the values of your object properties. This command is inside the for-
loop so that your scheduler gets a command to start a MATLAB worker on the
cluster for each task.
Note If you are not familiar with your network scheduler, ask your system
administrator for help.
MATLAB Worker Decode Function
The sole purpose of the MATLAB worker’s decode function is to read certain job and
task information into the MATLAB worker session. This information could be stored
in disk files on the network, or it could be available as environment variables on the
worker node. Because the discussion of the submit function illustrated only the usage of
environment variables, so does this discussion of the decode function.
When working with the decode function, you must be aware of the
• Name and location of the decode function itself
• Names of the environment variables this function must read
Worker node
MATLAB worker
Environment variables
Decode
function
Scheduler
MDCE_DECODE_FUNCTION
MDCE_STORAGE_CONSTRUCTOR
MDCE_STORAGE_LOCATION
MDCE_JOB_LOCATION
MDCE_TASK_LOCATION
getenv
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Note Standard decode functions are now included in the product. If your submit
functions make use of the definitions in these decode functions, you do not have to
provide your own decode functions. For example, to use the standard decode function
for independent jobs, in your submit function set MDCE_DECODE_FUNCTION to