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Creating a job

Use the Edge Services portal to create a job to execute a task or workflow. When you create a job, you specify whether to run the task or workflow manually (immediately), at a specified date and time, or on a custom execute schedule you create. You can view details for a job, edit the details of a job, or delete one that you no longer need.

To create a job:

  1. Click Provisioning, then click Jobs.

    The Edge Services portal shows the jobs created for your organization.
Edge Service Manager Jobs list view
  1. Click +Add.

    The Edge Services portal shows the New Job window.
New Job window
  1. In the Job Summary section, complete the following fields:
Field Description
NAME Type a unique name for the task job.
JOB TYPE

Select one of the following options:

  • Task Job—Execute a task on a schedule.
  • Workflow Job—Execute a workflow on a schedule.
     

Additional fields appear depending on your selection.
ENABLED
 Select this checkbox to enable the task.
  1. Click Next.
New Job window
  1. In the Job Configuration and Execute Config sections, complete the following fields:
Field Description
TASK Select the task you want to execute on a schedule.
WORKFLOW Select the workflow you want to execute on a schedule.
SCHEDULE

Select the execute schedule you created or one of the following options:

  • Manual—Job is created but not scheduled; must be run manually.
  • Date and Time—Job is executed once at a specific time.
  • Daily at Midnight—Job is executed daily at midnight.
  • Weekly on Sunday at Midnight—Job is executed once every Sunday at midnight.
RUN NOW Select this checkbox to override the Schedule setting and execute the job after clicking Save.
CONTEXT TYPE
Select one of the following:
  • Instance—Execute the job on an instance.
  • Server—Execute the job on a server.
     

Additional field appear depending on your selection.
CONTEXT INSTANCE Type the name of the target instance.
CONTEXT SERVER Type the name of the target server.
  1. Click Next. Check the configuration details in the Job Review section.
New Job window
  1. Click Complete.

    The Edge Services portal creates the job to run a task or workflow on a schedule.

    To check the health and status of the job created, click the Job Executions tab.