Job Data (ttaad5100s000)

Use this session to define the basic data for a job. The basic job data is only valid for the current company. If you want to use an identical job in another company, you must define the basic job data again for that company.

Job Types

In LN, you can create the following two job types:

  • Periodical jobs that are carried out multiple times. For a periodical job, you must specify a time interval or a calendar. If desired, you can restart the job automatically.
  • Non-periodical jobs that are carried out only once. When the job is carried out, the job data is removed automatically.
Storage of job data

Typically, each company stores its own basic job data. As a result, a job runs for a particular company. Therefore, before you define the job’s basic data, you must first check whether the current company is the appropriate one to define the job data for. Otherwise, use the Change Company command in the Worktop/ Web UI to change the current company number.

However, in a job, you can also run sessions in more than one company. You can only run sessions in multiple companies if the job data tables of the involved companies are physically mapped on one main company.

You can use the Tabelas lógicas (ttaad4120m000) session to link the following job tables as logical tables to one physical table:

  • Job Data (ttaad500)
  • Sessions by Job (ttaad501)
  • Job Input Variables (ttaad503)
  • Job Daemon Indicator (ttaad505)
  • Calendars (ttaad506)
  • Dates by Calendar (ttaad507)
  • Job History (ttaad510)
  • Job Session History (ttaad511)
  • Job Session History (ttaad512)

Before you add a session to a job, you must check the company number. If a job applies to more than one company, you must switch to the other companies with the Change Company command in the Worktop/ Web UI to define the job for each company. You can then define the job data for the other companies.

To start a job

How you start the job depends on the job’s status:

  • If the job’s status is Free, you can start the job in the following ways:
    • Use the Ativar tarefa (ttaad5203m000) session. You can start this session from the Visualizações, Referências o Ações menu in the Dados das tarefas (ttaad5500m000) session.
    • Use the rc.startjob shell command (UNIX platform)
    • Use the startjob.bat batch file (Windows platform)
  • If you want the LN Job Daemon to start the job, you must change the job’s status to In Queue. Before you set the status to In Queue, make sure that all sessions have been added to the job (at least one session must be in the job). If the Job Daemon is already running, the job will be active as soon as the job status changes to In Queue and the record is saved.
Nota

To change the job status to In Queue, click Tarefa de fila on the Visualizações, Referências o Ações menu in the Dados das tarefas (ttaad5500m000) session.

For more information about job statuses, refer to Job Status.

 

Tarefa
The job identification code.
Usuário
The LN user ID of the person who created the job.
Data de criação
The time at which the job was created.
Usar programação externa
If this check box is selected, an external job scheduler, such as Maestro from UNISON, or an external program, for example, a UNIX crontab starts the job. Therefore, in that case, the calendar/time schedule in the job data is ignored.
Periódico
Select this check box if the job must be started or restarted periodically at a predefined date and time. You can use the Calendários (ttaad5106m000) session and the Datas por calendário (ttaad5107m000) session to create an irregular job activation schedule. To create a regular schedule, you can use the Período fields. For example, you can specify that the job must be started twice a month.

If the Usar programação externa check box is selected, the Periódico check box is only used as a reminder to indicate that an external program periodically starts the job.

Suspenso
Indicates whether the periodical job must be executed automatically after last execution. After execution of a periodical job, the next execution date is automatically updated according to the given period and/or calendar date.

If this check box is selected,, the job is continued until the next execution date. For jobs started by the Ativar tarefa (ttaad5203m000) session, the UNIX shell program rc.startjob, or the Windows batch file startjob.bat, the job’s status is set to Waiting. The job is automatically restarted at every next execution date that is defined in the calendar or by the interval.

If this check box is cleared, the job runs once and is then stopped. For jobs started by the Ativar tarefa (ttaad5203m000) session, the UNIX shell program rc.startjob, or the Windows batch file startjob.bat, the job’s status is set to Free. To restart the job, you must manually start the Ativar tarefa (ttaad5203m000) session, the UNIX shell program rc.startjob, or the Windows batch file startjob.bat.

Calendário
Nota

If you do not use a calendar you can specify the period interval between two executions using the Período fields.

Período
The number of period units.
Period
The period unit, e.g. Days or Weeks.
Fim do período
If the job is only valid during a specific period, you can enter the last date the job can be started.

You can use this option, for example, if a job that is started twice a month is only valid for six months.

Nova execução
The date of the next execution of the job. If the job is periodical, this field shows the next date of the calendar or the date corresponding to the given period, after executing the job.
Duração máxima
If a job exceeds its maximum duration, it is stopped. The running session is completed, but the next session will not be executed. The history record explains the cause of the termination.

If you enter 0 [zero] in this field, the job duration is unlimited. Values under 60 represent minutes. To specify a duration longer than 59 minutes, you must enter the hours followed by the minutes, without a separator. For example, enter 30 to specify 30 minutes. Enter 100 to specify one hour. Enter 130 to specify 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Data da última execução
The date on which the job was last executed.
Status