The Jobs page lists all the jobs created, along with the job name, notebook, owner of the job, last start date, next run date, status, and schedule.

You can perform the following tasks:

Figure 10-1 Jobs page

Description of "Figure 10-1 Jobs page"

• Edit jobs: You can edit the metadata of any job listed on the Jobs page. Click Edit to edit the selected job.

• Create jobs. Click Create to create a new job to schedule your notebook.

• Duplicate jobs: You can create a copy of an existing job listed on the Jobs page. Click Duplicate to make a copy of the selected job.

• Stop jobs: Click Stop to terminate a job that is currently running.

• Start jobs: The Start button is enabled only for jobs that are in Scheduled status. Click Start to start a scheduled job. The Start option is not applicable for the following conditions:
  • Jobs that have already completed its scheduled run cannot be re-started.
  • Jobs that have failed more than the allowed number of times, and are currently in Broken status, cannot be re-started.

• Delete jobs: Click Delete to delete any job listed on the Jobs page.

• Enable and Disable jobs: Click More. The options are Enable and Disable.

You can create jobs to schedule your notebook with the notebook scheduling settings.

1. On the Jobs page, click Create. The Create Jobs dialog opens.

   Figure 10-2 Create Jobs dialog

   
   

   
   Description of "Figure 10-2 Create Jobs dialog"

   
   
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the job. The number of characters in the job name must not exceed 128 bytes.
3. In the Notebook field, click the search icon to select a notebook to create a job.

   Note:

   Only notebooks that are owned by the user or shared are available for selection.
4. In the Start Date field, click the date-time editor to set the date and time for your job to commence. Based on the selected date and time, the next run date is computed.
5. Optionally, in the Repeat section, select:
   • Frequency: To set the repeat settings and frequency. You can set the frequency in minutes, hours, days, week, and month.
   • Custom: To customize the job settings.
6. Expand the Advanced Settings section, select one or more of the following options:

   Figure 10-3 Advanced Settings in Create Jobs dialog

   
   

   
   Description of "Figure 10-3 Advanced Settings in Create Jobs dialog"

   
   

   • Send Notifications: Select this option to send email notifications to the specified users' email addresses about the selected events for the job.

     Note:

     Email server must be set up for notifications to work.
   • Email Address: Enter the email ID of the users. By default, you can enter three email IDs, separated by comma. To send emails to more users, contact your Administrator.

     Note:

     The email notification feature is only available to the paid customer. This feature is not available in the free trial account.
   • Events: Select the event for which you want to send the notification. The supported job events are:
     • JOB_START: Indicates that the job has started for the first time, or a job was started on a retry attempt.
     • JOB_SUCCEEDED: Indicates that the job has completed successfully.
     • JOB_FAILED: Indicates that the job resulted in an error, or was not able to run due to process death or database shutdown.
     • JOB_BROKEN: Indicates that the job is marked broken after retrying unsuccessfully. It also indicates failed job run after 16 attempts.
     • JOB_COMPLETED: Indicates that the job has a status of COMPLETED after it has reached its maximum number of runs or its end date.
     • JOB_STOPPED: Indicates that the job has terminated normally after a soft stop or hard stop was issued.

   • Maximum Number of Runs: To specify the maximum number of times the job must run before it is stopped. When the job reaches the maximum run limit, it will stop.

     Figure 10-4 Advanced Settings-2 in Create Jobs dialog

     
     

     
     Description of "Figure 10-4 Advanced Settings-2 in Create Jobs dialog"

     
     

   • Timeout in Minutes: To specify the maximum amount of time a job should be allowed to run.

   • Maximum Failures Allowed: To specify the maximum number of times a job can fail on consecutive scheduled runs. When the maximum number of failures is reached, the next run date column in the Jobs UI will show an empty value to indicate the job is no longer scheduled to run. The Status column may show the status as Failed.

   • Automatic Retry: Select this option if you want the job to restart in case the job fails.
7. Click OK.

You can view the historical logs of any particular job in the Job Log interface.

1. To view the history of a job, select the job and click .
2. To delete a particular job log, select it and click .