Jobs

Use of Jobs

• Jobs are the basic unit for the processing of executable files, shell scripts, commands and of job implementations based on the JobScheduler internal API.
• Jobs can be executed independently from one another. However, job starts can also be made dependent on the execution result (success, failure, exit code) of preceding jobs.
• Jobs can also be started according to the results of preprocessing operations if a monitor is specified for that operation.
• Jobs can be executed in parallel by a configurable number of tasks.

Read more on the features of Job Objects in the job documentation.

Job Patterns

Independent Job Start Pattern

• Jobs are completely independent from one another.
• Each job has an individual start time.

 

Job Start Pattern based on Execution Results

• Jobs are started based on the execution result of a previous job.
• If Job 1 returns an exit code 1 then Job 2 will be executed.
• If Job 1 returns an exit code 2 then Job 3 will be executed.

 

 

Parallel Tasks Job Start Pattern

• Jobs can be executed in multiple parallel tasks.
• All tasks are executed independently from one another.

 

Jobs in Job Chains

In contrast to the stand-alone use of Jobs described above, Jobs are often used in Job Chains with Orders where the processing of a Job is dependent on the results of processing of previous Jobs in the Job Chain. See the Job Chains article for more information.