Create a New Job:
A job is a group of executable entries, such as reports, that are executed as a batch. They share the same schedule settings. When the job executes, all of the entries in the job execute.
This option saves you valuable time when you want to modify the schedule of several reports.
For example, suppose you created 10 report views that are set to execute every day at 10 A.M. Because they take a lot of time to execute, you want to change the execute time to 7 P.M., when fewer users are on the system. To do this, you can modify the schedule for each Report View separately. However, if you create a job and add the reports to it, you can modify the schedule once.
Here’s how to create a new job:
1. From the toolbar, click New Job. The Specify A Name And Description screen of the
New Job Wizard displays, as shown in the illustration on the opposite page.
2. In the Name box, enter a name for the entry.
3. Optionally, you can enter a Description of the entry that will display in Details View.
4. Optionally, you can also enter a Screen Tip that will display when the pointer is moved over the job icon.
5. Optionally, to change folder locations, in the Location group, click either the Select Another Location link or the Select My Folders link.
6. Click Next. The Select The Steps screen displays.
7. Click the Add link. The Select Entries (Navigate) screen displays:
8. Optional: To navigate to another location, click the applicable folder name link on the breadcrumb trail.
9. In the left pane, select the checkboxes of the entries that you want to add to the job. Then click the add arrow to move the entries to the right pane, and click OK. The Select The Steps screen displays again, with the entries you selected:
10. Select the checkboxes for the entries that you want to include as steps in the job and the options to use when the entry executes.
11. Determine how steps should be sequenced in the job by making selections under
Submission of Steps: All At Once or In Sequence. When All At Once is selected, if a step fails, the other steps still execute and the job has a Failed status. When In Sequence is selected, a step is executed only after the previous step executes successfully.
12. Click Next. The Select An Action screen displays:
13. Select an action (Save And Run Once, Save And Schedule, or Save Only), and then click Finish.
• If the Save And Run Once action is selected, the Run With Options screen displays:
Select when you want the job to execute and then click Run. Click OK. The new job displays in the entries list. Optionally, you can select the View The Details Of This Job After Closing This Dialog checkbox and then click OK to view the job details.
• If the Save And Schedule action was selected, the Schedule screen displays:
To disable the schedule temporarily, select the Disable The Schedule checkbox. The schedule will be disabled without losing the scheduling information.
The Priority is set to 3 by default, specifying the order that the entry will execute.
Priority values are from 1 to 5. The lower the number, the higher the priority is. If more than one entry contains the same priority setting, the entry that arrives in the queue first executes first. Priority can only be set by users with permissions to manage the queue.
In the Frequency group, click the applicable link to set the frequency of the schedule (for example, to execute by week on every Monday and Thursday) and then select the applicable options.
In the Start and End text boxes, set the start and end dates and times for the schedule to start and finish and then click OK.
The schedule is created for the job and the report will execute at the next scheduled date and time.
• If the Save Only Action was selected, the schedule for the job is saved without scheduling or executing.
TIP: The Calendar Wizard can be used to select the date easily.
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