The Job Designer tool lets you edit the configuration of a job. It allows you to edit all aspects of a job, except for the scheduling rules. Existing jobs can be edited and deleted and new jobs can be created.
Find the job you are interested in by searching for it. The "*" search pattern will return all jobs the user has rights to. Using the character "*" before and/or after a search pattern functions as wild card. For example, the search pattern "Acme*", will return all jobs that start with the name "Acme". If you enter a number, then the job with the matching job id is searched for.
The jobs in the list box are displayed by their name followed by their unique job id. Note, names do not have to be unique and can be changed at anytime by the user. However, a job's id is unique and can never change.
Every user has rights to a given set of Partitions and JobGroups. Only the Partitions and JobGroups that the user has rights to will be available. When searching, it is possible to select specific Partitions and/or JobGroups to narrow the search as desired.
Once a search has returned its results, the jobs are displayed in the list screen. These jobs can then be edited, deleted, or copied. Select a job from the list and click the "Edit Job" button to edit the job.
Clicking on the "Add New Job" button will create a new job with default settings. The user will be directed to the edit screen where the job can be edited further.
Once created, a job will be assigned a job id number. This id will be unique and can't be changed for the life of the job. The user can give the job any name and the name does not have to be unique but it is recommended to make it unique to avoid confusion. Note, that the search result screen shows the job name and job id to help the user distinguish between jobs with the same name.
A new job can be created by cloning an existing job. To do this, select an existing job and click the "Clone Job" button. This feature can be convenient when you want reuse the configuration of an existing job to avoid having to create all the scheduling rules and TaskBean workflow settings from scratch.
Click the "Delete Job" button to delete any job. Deleting a job will completely remove the job from existence. Warning, once a job is deleted it can't be recovered.
The "Paging Size" value allows you to limit how many jobs are shown at once in the job list screen. You will be able to page backwards and forwards through the entire list as defined by the paging size. For example, if your search result returns 1000 jobs and your paging size is 200, then you will need to page 5 times to get to the end of the list.