Schedule New Job

The New Job and New Chain Job pages allow you to enter required information and schedule the new batch, chain, or report job. Selecting Save on this page enables the page-level menu, which includes a link to set up specific parameters for the batch, chain or report job. After required fields on this page have been populated and all parameters have been specified via the Job Parameters page, select Submit Request.

Refer to the associated run sheet for details on the parameters provided with each batch, chain, and report job. Run Sheet guides can be accessed/downloaded from the "User Guide Downloads" topic file in the online help.

Field InformationField Information

Field Name	Description
Job ID	System maintained. Displays the job identifier.
Job	System maintained. Displays the Catalog name for the job.
Job Name	Specifies the name for this job. User can provide a name for this particular run.
Run Option	Indicates the frequency for this run. The available options are: Once, Run Immediate, Hourly, Weekly, Daily, Monthly, and Custom. If the Run Option is not Run Immediate, a valid schedule time (field name-Schedule Time) and expire time (field name- Don’t Schedule After) should be provided. If the option, Custom, is selected an additional field, Run Interval (minutes) appears on the screen.
Application Server ID	Identifies the server on which to run this job. You can use the pick list to see a list of the available servers.
Application Server Name	System maintained. Indicates the name of the server you specified.
Scheduled Date/Time	Specifies the date and time to run this job.
Don’t Schedule After	Specifies the date and time after which the job expires.
Number of Runs	Indicates the number of iterations of the job you are requesting to be executed. If left blank, the job will run (if a periodic job) as long as the job does not expire.
Pre-Condition Return Code	Indicates the condition that must be met by the previous job before this job can be run. You choose from the pick list: Successful, Failed, Terminated, System Failure, Warning, or non-fatal error.
Run After Completing Job	Indicates the job that must be completed before the current job being scheduled can be run. You can use the pick list to see a list of available jobs to choose from (jobs already scheduled).
Viewable by All Users?	This flag is only available for report jobs. When checked the rendered report instance is viewable by all users.

Page-Level ActionPage-Level Action

Setup Parameters - This link transitions you to the Job Parameters page for the selected batch or report job.
Setup Parameters for Job Steps - This link transitions you to the Job Steps page for the selected chain job.