Jobs and reports user tasks overview

This topic provides an overview of basic procedures that you must perform if you run Infor Lawson batch jobs and reports.

  • Defining a job: Defining a job physically creates it so that you can then send it to a printer. You do this from within the application you are working with, typically a batch parameter form (for example, Payroll Close, PR 197) or a report (Employee Listing, HR 211).

    See Running a Job or Report with Infor Smart Office.

  • Submitting a job to run immediately: When a job exists (because you have defined it within the application or, in some cases, a special job that you or someone at your company created), you submit it so that it can perform the update or generate a print file. When you submit a job, it is scheduled and runs when system resources are available.

    See Working with Job Scheduler in Infor Smart Office.

  • Setting up a recurring job: When a job exists, you can use the Recurring Job Scheduler to set up the times (hourly, daily, weekly, and so on) when the job should run on a recurring basis. You are required to do the setup of the job once.

    See Working with recurring jobs in Infor Smart Office.

  • Submitting a multi-step job: Multi-step jobs are jobs that perform more than one procedure in sequence. Not all customers use multi-step jobs. If you do, you can use a wizard that walks you through the process of creating a multi-step job.

  • Checking status of a job: Use the Job List to view status of a job. It shows if a job is waiting or completed or if it has failed. If a job fails, you can use Job Recovery (available from the Job Scheduler) to recover it.

    See Checking the status of a job in Infor Smart Office using Job List.

  • Printing a report: When a print file exists for a job, you can print it and perform other print-related tasks.

    See Working with print files in Infor Smart Office.

  • Distributing a report: You can use Infor Smart Office to distribute reports to other users. (You do not do the setup for distribution in Infor Smart Office. Your system administrator uses jobs and reports administrative tools to set up report distribution groups.)

  • Recovering a job: In some cases, a job might have a problem that you need to resolve. Jobs can have invalid parameters, which you or the user who ran the job should fix. Jobs can also fail to run for system reasons. In these situations, you can use Recover, the job recovery tool, to recover the jobs.

    See Recovering a job in Infor Smart Office.