General Info Tab

The General Info tab shows the General Info and Extra Settings sections for the current Job.

• The following fields appear in the General Info section:
  • Desc.: The Job’s descriptive name appears by default. It can be edited.
  • Catalog: Select the catalog from the drop-down list. This is optional.
  • On Error: Specifies the behavior of the Job when it encounters an error. Select Suspend Schedule or Continue Schedule.
    Note: If an import file causes an error in a job that is importing multiple files, the job continues with the next file in the set.
  • Owner: The Job’s original owner’s name appears. It can be edited.
  • Notify Upon Completion: If this box is checked, the owner of the Job is notified of the Job's success or failure once it completes or fails. The notification is an automated email to the address associated with the Job owner's user account.
• Run schedules for the Job are defined in the General Info section as follows:
  1. Click Add Schedule.
  2. Select One Time for a single execution of the Job or Recurring to set up a recurring execution. The default is One Time.
     • One Time: Select a date using the calendar widget and enter a time in the At Time: field. By default, the current date and time are selected. The format of the date is based on the system-specified locale. For example, If a European locale, the format is dd/mm/year date format. For US, the date format is mm/dd/year If AM or PM (or any time zone offset) isn't included.
       Note: As of Release 4.1.13, UTC is the standard for new clients and uses military (24-hour) time. For existing clients, Eastern Time is the standard. The Order Management user interface converts dates and times for display according to the selected locale. If the AM or PM designation (or any offset) is omitted, then system time is used. (UTC for new clients.) When accessing the database directly (via API calls or import/export files), you should be aware of the system time format.
     • Recurring: Click Change to open the recurrence form and follow these steps:
       1. Set the schedule of dates by selecting one of the following options in the Occurs section. (The default selection is Monthly.)
          • To run the Job every x days, select Daily and enter a number in the Every ___ day(s) field. The default value is 1. (For example, to run the Job every 3 days, select Daily and enter 3 in the field.)
          • To run the Job on certain days of the week, select Weekly and check the boxes for the days on which you want the Job to run. To run the Job on the selected days every x weeks, enter a number in the Every ___ week(s) on field. The default value is 1. (For example, to run the Job on Tuesday and Thursday of every other week, check the Tue and Thur boxes and enter 2 in the field.)
          • To run the Job on a certain day of the month, select Monthly. Then select one of the following options:
            • To run the Job on a certain date of the month, select Day ___ of every ___ month(s), and then enter the desired date in the first field. To run the Job on the selected date every x months, enter a number in the second field. The default value for both fields is 1. (For example, to run the Job on the first day of every fourth month, enter 1 in the first field and 4 in the second field.)
            • To run the Job on a certain day of the month, select The ___ ___ of every ___ month(s) and select the desired day from the drop-down lists. To run the Job on the selected day every x months, enter a number in the text field. The default values are 1st Monday and 1. (For example, to run the Job on the last weekday of every other month, select Last and Weekday from the drop-down lists, and enter 2 in the text field.)
       2. Set the number of times that the Job runs on the selected days by selecting one of the following options in the Frequency section:
          • To set the Job to run only once on the selected days, select Occurs once at ___ and enter the desired run time in the text field.
          • To set the Job to run multiple times on the selected days, select Occurs every ___ ___, enter a number in the first box, and select Minute(s) or Hour(s) from the drop-down list. You can enter times in the Starting at: and Ending at: fields to define a time period over which the Job recurs. The default values are every 1 Hour Starting at 12:00 AM Ending at 11:59 PM. (For example, to run the Job every 30 minutes from 9 AM until 4:30 PM, enter 30 in the first field, select Minute(s) from the drop-down list, enter 9:00 AM in the Starting at: field, and enter 4:59 PM in the Ending at: field.)
       3. Set the period of time over which the Job recurs by specifying a Start Date or End Date using the calendar controls in the Duration section. Selecting No End Date causes the Job to recur indefinitely as long as the schedule is enabled.
  3. Make sure the Enabled box is checked. Stop a Job from running without deleting the schedule by unchecking this box.
  4. Click Done.
  5. Repeat step 4 if desired to add more run schedules for the Job.
• Some Jobs include an Extra Settings section, which offers certain other parameters and settings, based on the specific Job type. See Job Types for details of the available settings.

Navigate to the Scheduling Jobs Topic for more information on scheduling and configuring jobs.