Job data procedure

After completing this procedure a job is ready to be started.

No prerequisites are required for the environment.

Before you can use periodical jobs in LN, you must define a job calendar and the basic job data. In LN, you can start periodical jobs according to a schedule that is defined in the job calendar or a regular interval. You can define the interval in the basic job data. After you define the basic job data, you can add sessions to the job. The default settings of the sessions in the job can be maintained, when required, with an optional step in the procedure.

  1. Create a job calendar.

    To start periodical jobs, you can use a job calendar. The job calendar contains the dates and times the job must be carried out.

    Session .

  2. Specify the dates in a job calendar

    In the job calendar, you must define the date and time that the job must be started.

    Session

  3. Define the basic job data.

    Before adding sessions to a job with the session, define the basic parameters for the job first. To make a periodical job non-interactive, you can specify a predefined job calendar or a regular interval to start the job. See the and sessions.

    If you select the Suspend Job until Next Execution check box, the job is suspended until the next execution date. The job’s status is set to Waiting. The job is automatically restarted at every subsequent execution date that is defined in the calendar.

    If you clear the Suspend Job Until Next Execution check box, the job is carried out once and then terminated. For jobs started by the session, the job’s status is set to Free. To restart the job, you must manually start the session.

  4. Add sessions to a job.

    A job must contain one or more sessions, which must be carried out according to the data that is specified in the session. Typically, a job starts print or process sessions.

    Under Error Handling, you can specify how LN must continue if an error occurs during the execution of the session. For example, indicate that LN must execute, or skip, a few sessions of the job if an error occurs during the execution of the session.

  5. Optionally, change the default settings of the sessions in the job

    You can use this procedure to change the settings of the sessions that are linked to the job. For example, you can change the execution order of the sessions or the device to which the output of a session is sent.

    Session .