Adding a New Job to the Schedule

1. Add a Schedule (Refer to the section, Adding a Schedule).
2. Drilldown to Jobs For Schedule report as shown below.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 1

   If there are jobs already configured for the particular schedule the following screen will be displayed.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 2

   The following screen will be displayed if no jobs attached to the particular schedule.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 3

3. Click OK. The following Report will be opened.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 4

4. Click on the Add New Record icon to add a job. The following screen is displayed.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 5

5. Enter the following in that row:
   • Job Name: Enter the name for Job.
   • Job Type: Select the required type of the Job from the list of values as shown below.

   

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   • Description: Enter the description for Job.
   • Enabled: Select the value for enabled property as "true" or "false". Select "true" when the Job needs to be run. Select "false" when the Job should not run.
   • On Failure: Enter the sequence number of job that needs to be run on failure of current Job.
   • On Success: Enter the sequence number of job that needs to be run on success of current Job.
   • Sequence No: Specify the order of sequence number in which jobs need to be run when this schedule fires. If the sequence numbers are not mentioned, then all the jobs attached to the schedule will run in parallel.
6. Click on the Update icon in toolbar. The following message will be shown. Then, click OK.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 7

7. Drilldown to Job Parameters report to add parameters for the added job.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 8

   The following report will be displayed.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 9

8. Enter the values for parameters (Parameter Value). The parameters differ based on the type of Job added in Jobs For Schedule report. Click on the Parameter Value column and click on the LOV For Edit icon available in the toolbar to show List of Values for a Parameter Value.

   

   Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 10

9. The Description of the job parameter in the job type parameters Report is used to know about the job parameter and how it is used.
10. Select a value from the list or enter a new value. The Configuration of Job Parameter List of Values is explained in "Configuring Job Parameters List of Values for New/Existing Jobs" section.

    When the Job Type is selected as Email Job, the parameters as shown in the figure below are displayed.

    • SMTP Host: Enter the host name.
    • SMTP Port: Enter the port at this field.
    • From: Enter the email address of the person from whom the mail is to be sent as per the schedule.
    • To: Enter the email address of the person to whom the mail is to be sent as per the schedule.
    • Subject: Enter the subject for the mail.
    • Content: Enter the content of the mail.
    • Data Source: Enter the name of the source (using Service API).
    • Password(If SSL enabled): Enter the password of the From Mail Id

    

    Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 11

    When the Job Type is selected as ETK Job, the parameters as shown in figure below are displayed.

    

    Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 12

    • ETK URL: when the job type is selected as ETK job the ETK URL of the job will come default as $DEFAULT_ETKURL$ Enter the correct URL for ETK. $DEFAULT_ETKURL$ means the ETK URL of the current instance.

    Note: Whenever Database is cloned (for example PROD to TEST), all the ETK URLs are to be modified for ETK Jobs in Scheduler (If ETK URLs are not modified then ETK Jobs in TEST instance would fire ETK Instances in PROD).

    • Instance Name to Start: Enter the name of the instance which needs to be run. Click on the Parameters Value field and then click on the LOV for Edit icon in toolbar that displays a list of ETK Instances for selecting as Parameter Value.

    

    Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 13

    • Mail If Still Running(true/false): Enter "true" or "false" at this field. If the value is "true" then Scheduler will allow only one instance of this job to run at a time i.e. Job will not run for a schedule fire, if the same job for previous schedule fire is still running. Mail will be fired for 3 such unsuccessful job runs to the respective person/team informing that the Job is still running.

      Example:

      Mail If Still Running(true/false): true

      Schedule: Every hour

      Start Time: 9:00 AM

      Fire Times: 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM etc�

      Case 1: If the Job takes 1:30 hr to run, then it will not run at 11:00 AM. It will again run at 12 AM.

      Case 2: If the Job takes 3:30 hrs to run, then it will not run at 11AM, 12PM, 1PM. It will again run at 2 PM. Scheduler will fire a mail at 1PM saying there are 3 unsuccessful fires.

      The following details are required for sending a mail.

      SMTP Host: Enter the host name.

      SMTP Port: Enter the port at this field.

      From: Enter the email address of the person from whom the mail is to be sent as per the schedule.

      To: Enter the email address of the person to whom the mail is to be sent as per the schedule.

      Subject: Enter the subject for the mail.

      Content: Enter the content of the mail.

      Password(If SSL enabled): Enter the password of the From Mail Id

• When the Job Type is selected as Echo Job, the parameters as shown in figure below are displayed.

  

  Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 14

  • echoMessage: Enter the string value for this parameter.
• When the Job Type is selected as EXEC Job, the parameters as shown in figure below are displayed.

  

  Adding a Job to the Schedule_Figure 15

  • Type of Script: Enter the file extension.
  • File Name: Enter the name of the file.
  • Location: Specify the location at which the file exists.

1. Click Update icon. A message will be displayed indicating that the Job is saved successfully.

   

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