Creating Jobs

Use this procedure to create jobs (items of work) that perform actions for a specific business class.

Creating a job is especially useful if you have a job that you want to re-use in some way. For example, you may want to be able to schedule the same job in several different ways, or you may want to include the same job in different job streams. Creating a job in this case allows you to avoid re-entering the same data repeatedly. On the other hand, if you simply want to run an action one time or set an action up for repetitive use, you should consider going to the form associated with the business class and action, and run and schedule the action from there.

You must have access to the JobQueueAccess_ST, BasicProductLineAcess_ST, MyJobsWebAppAccess_ST security classes, or their equivalents, in order to define jobs.

  1. In the Infor Rich Client, navigate to the Job Console, and select the Jobs tab or the My Jobs tab.
  2. Click New.
  3. Specify this information:
    Job
    Specify a name for the job.
    Type
    Select Job.
    Description
    Specify a description for the job.
    Is Private
    Specify whether the job can be used in private or not private job streams. Private jobs can only be included in private job streams created by the same user who created the job. Jobs that are not private can only be included in job streams that are not private.
    Class
    If the type is Job, select the business class containing the action that the job will execute.
    Action
    Select the action to be run.
  4. Click Job Parameters in order to transfer to a form where you provide the data for the job's action.
  5. Save the job.
  6. To run the job, select it on the Jobs or My Jobs tab and then select Actions > Run Selected Job.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Finish to run the job as soon as possible. To schedule the processing of the job, specify the scheduling information. See Scheduling Background Actions.