Editing scheduled Automation Services jobs

You can edit the name and schedule of scheduled Automation Services jobs, or apply the current schedules to a different Automation Services job.

About this task

For general information on this feature, see Automation Services job scheduling.

Procedure

Log in to the Spotfire Server web administration pages and click Automation Services.
On the Scheduled jobs page, you can perform the following tasks (use search if you have many jobs in the list):
- To edit a scheduled job, double-click it or use the menu to the right of the job and select Edit.
  
  Tip: You can also select the row and click Edit above the table, or use the context menu to the right in the job's row, or right-click and use the pop-up menu to enter the edit mode.
  In the Automation Services Job Builder (in the installed Spotfire client), open the job you want to schedule from the library, and then click Tools > Manage Job Schedule. This will take you to the server administration web pages. Log in if needed.
- To delete one or more jobs, click to select the jobs and then click Delete.
- To disable or enable jobs, click to select the jobs and then click Disable or Enable.
- To add a new job schedule, click Schedule job. See also Scheduling Automation Services jobs.
- To view the job activity for a job, click to select the job and then click View activity. This filters to the job in the Job activity page.
More edit actions are available after in the page of a specific job after you have entered edit mode by double-clicking or selecting Edit:
- To switch the Automation Services job file to which the schedules apply, next to the Job path field, click Browse and select the job file to use.
- To change the name of the scheduled job, edit the Scheduled job name.
- To edit a schedule, click Edit next to the concerned schedule and make your updates in the dialog. You can also add a schedule or remove a schedule here.
- To specify timeouts per automation job, expand Advanced settings and update the timeouts. See Setting maximum execution times for Automation Services jobs for more information.
When you have finished editing the scheduled job, click Save.