Deleting Waiting Jobs

Use this procedure to delete jobs with one of the following statuses: Hold, Needs Recovery, Waiting, Waiting Step, Waiting On Time, Waiting Recovery, Queue Inactive, or Invalid Params.

Note: You should not delete a job with a status of Needs Recovery when that job is an update job. The update program related to the job failed while updating the database. Because restart information is used during recovery to restart the program processing at the appropriate point, deleting the recovery information for an update job makes it impossible to recover the job. Failure to recover the job using the related recovery information can corrupt the database and have a serious negative impact on future job executions.

You can delete several jobs at once. The jobs must be next to each other on the list of waiting jobs. Marked jobs are deleted in the order they appear on the form. If a Needs Recovery job appears above a related Waiting Recovery job, the job scheduler submits the Waiting Recovery job immediately after deleting the Needs Recovery job and transfers it to the list of active jobs before it can be deleted.

When you delete a job with a status of Hold, Waiting, Waiting Step, Waiting On Time, Waiting Recovery, Queue Inactive, or Invalid Params, Job Scheduler stores it on the list of completed jobs with a status of Canceled.

When you delete a job with a status of Needs Recovery, it is stored on the list of completed jobs with a status of Recovery Deleted.

To delete a waiting job

  1. In Lawson Portal, access the Job Schedule form. It is accessible via a link on the Job List form and the Print Files form.
  2. Click Waiting from the Related Pages menu.
  3. Right-click on the job name you want to delete and select Delete, or select the job and click Delete.

    To select multiple jobs for deletion, click the check box for each job to be deleted and then click Delete.

  4. To confirm that you want to delete the job(s), click Yes.
  5. Click OK.