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Procedure documentationCreating Job Chains with Parallel Jobs Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

Parallel execution is used for independant jobs and to optimize resource usage on a system. Particularly useful for light weight jobs or for jobs that require simultaneous execution.

It is better to keep the amount of steps in a job chain to a minimum.

Procedure

  1. Choose   Definitions → Job Chains   in the Navigation bar.

  2. Choose New from the context menu.

  3. Choose the Job Definition tab and fill in a name for the job chain, choose Save.

  4. On the Job Chain tab, choose the name of the job chain.

  5. Choose Add Step from the context menu, notice that a new step with the caption Step 1 has been added.

  6. Choose Add Job from the context menu of Step 1.

  7. Choose Job 1 and enter the part of the job definition name into the Job Definition field.

  8. Choose the desired job definition out of the list of available job definitions.

  9. Under Scheduling, enter a parameter for Queue.

  10. Perform actions 6 to 9 of this procedure for each required job.

  11. Choose Save to save the job chain.