Duplicate an Existing Job

Explanation

Use this activity to create a copy of an already existing job. It can be useful if you are planning on creating a job that is very similar to an already existing one. You can just copy such a job and change its details.
Note: Each value used to describe a job can be blocked in basic data windows. Blocking makes values unavailable in job definition. While blocked values do not disappear from old jobs, they won't be transferred when a job is duplicated.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity, a job has to be registered in the system.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, an already existing job will be copied and given a new ID.

Window

Job

Related Window Descriptions

Job

Procedure

1. Open the Job window.
2. Search or populate to find the job that you want to copy.
3. Right-click the header and click Duplicate Job... to open the Duplicate Job dialog.
4. In the Job ID field, enter the identifier for a new job, it has to be unique.
5. In the Job Name field, you can change the name of the new job.
6. In the Valid From and Valid To fields, you can modify validity of the new job.
7. In the Job Summary field, you can change the summary of the new job.
8. Click OK.