Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Jobs and Job Groups

Defining Jobs Interface

If you create a repeating job without specifying how often the job should repeat, the Start today's repeating job(s) 
now option is not displayed in the Effective Date dialog. The job will be continually repeated at the designated 
intervals all day; thus, the job automatically starts at the beginning of the production day.

Click OK in the Effective Date

 dialog after you select the effective date, but use with caution if you have selected a large 

group hierarchy.

Note: This action results in immediately compiling the selected group hierarchy which might cause excessive load on the 
Master.  Also, choosing today's date as the effective date might have an impact on your current day's schedule.

Click Cancel in the Effective Date

 dialog to have your production schedule take effect at the next automatic or manual 

compile.

Note: The default beginning of the production day is midnight. This default can be changed in the System Configuration 
dialog. For more information, see 

.

Calendar Forecast Dialog

The Calendar Forecast dialog displays by clicking the Forecast button on the Schedule tab of the Job Definition or Job 
Group Definition dialog.

This dialog displays the dates the job will be scheduled to run based on the selected calendar, adjusted by the offset (if 
any).

Insert Job into Schedule Dialog

The Insert Job Into Schedule dialog displays whenever you select the Insert Into Schedule option from the Jobs pane 
context menu or by selecting the Insert Job Into Schedule

 option from the Activities main menu. 

The fields in this dialog vary slightly depending upon what is highlighted in the Jobs pane. The dialog for inserting 
individual jobs into the schedule has a Parameters field for modifying parameters of the job instance being inserted. See 

 for variations to this dialog.

This dialog contains the following elements:



Job/Group – The name of the job or group to insert into the production schedule. If the job or job group being 
inserted is a child job/job group, then the pathname to the parent is provided in brackets [ ]. For example, Scheduler2 
[\WinTest\Grp1\Grp2]. 



Date – The date on which you want the job or group inserted.



From ___ Until___ – The time window in which you want the job or group inserted.



Parameters – The parameters to add to the job’s execution.



Override job’s dependencies – Select this option

 to have the job or group run whether or not its dependencies have 

been met. Selecting this option when inserting a job group, overrides job dependencies on all jobs within the job 
group. Note that if any of the child jobs are dependent upon one another, then all of these jobs would begin running 
once inserted.

Inserting Job Groups Into the Schedule

The dialog for inserting a job group has the same fields as the dialog for inserting individual jobs except the Parameter 
field is replaced with a Variables field that lists the name of the group variable listed on the Variables tab of the job group 
definition and its default value. The default values can be modified as needed when inserting the job group into the 
schedule.