Activate Job (ttaad5203m000)

Use this session to start/activate a job.

Only jobs with the Free status can be activated by this session. Jobs with the status In queue are activated by the job daemon. If the status is Blocked you must first change the status to Free if you want to activate the job with this session.

 

Job
The job identification code.
Job
The description or name of the code.
User
The creator of the job.
User
The name of the Tools user.
Use External Schedule
If this check box is selected, the time schedule is not used.

When the Use External Schedule check box is selected, an external program (for example, UNIX or an external Job scheduler) determines when to run a particular job. In that case the calendar/time schedule within Tools is ignored.

Periodical
If this check box is selected, the job is periodical.
Note

You can specify whether the job must be periodical in the Periodical field in the Job Data (ttaad5100s000) session.

Calendar
The calendar that specifies the execution dates and times for a periodical job.
Note

If you do not use a calendar you can specify the period interval between two executions using the Period field and the Period field in the Job Data (ttaad5100s000) session.

Calendar
The description or name of the code.
Period
The number of period units.
Period
Specifies the unit of the period.
End of Period
The date that indicates that a periodical job should not be executed after exceeding this date.
Next Execution Date
The date of the next execution of the job. If a job is periodical, this field shows the next date of the calendar or the date corresponding to the given period, after executing the job.
Maximum Duration
If a job exceeds its maximum duration, it is stopped. The running session is finished, but the next session is not executed. The history record explains the cause of the termination.

If you enter 0 in this field, the job duration is unlimited.

Status
Indicates the status of the job.