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Introduction
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Standalone Jobs and Order JobsJobScheduler comes with two types of job that can be used to carry out workflow automation tasks - Standalone Jobs and Order Jobs. Standalone Jobs are simple to configure and are often used in simpler job scheduling environments. They are also often used where users have migrated from other job scheduling systems such as TWS which are based on a similar concept. However, Standalone Jobs are neither as flexible nor as powerful as Order Jobs. Order Jobs are run in Job Chains and can be executed both sequentially and in parallel. Order Jobs require an Order before they can run. Orders are triggers that start a Job Chain and convey information about the state in the job chain corresponding with the job that is being run. Orders can also have a payload of parameters that are processed by individual Jobs. These concepts are explained in more detail in our Concepts for jobs, job chains and orders article. In addition, our Job Chains article illustrates some of the basic Job Chain patterns that can be implemented with JobScheduler. |
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