Running a Job Now

Use these procedures to define a job and submit the job to a job queue.

To define a job, you use a batch parameter form, such as Employee Listing (HR211) or Payroll Close (PR197). All batch parameter forms have a set of job definition fields where you provide a unique name and description for the job, and many batch parameter forms have parameter fields as well. The job parameters define the information you want in the report or the data you want processed in a batch update. For example, you might want to define that a report includes a specific company's data or that a batch update processes a specific company's data.

When you submit a job, you indicate which job queue it should be processed on. The job queue is a list of the batch jobs waiting for processing or currently processing. The system monitors the job queue and updates the list of jobs on the Job Schedule, so that you can check which jobs are waiting to be processed and which have been completed. The Job Schedule also indicates if the job did not complete normally, in which case you begin the troubleshooting process or contact your system administrator for reports.

Depending on how security has been set up for your site, you might be able to see only jobs that you have submitted.