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- Job node states in job chains can be marked to be skipped for critical path processing by prefixing them with a "-" character.
- Job node states in job chains can be marked to be required for critical path processing by prefixing them with a "+" character.
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A business process is comprises of 1 or more individual steps (jobs). A job may or many not need a precondition to start i.e. previous job must be successfully completed or its outcome doesn't affect the rest of the jobs in the job chain. such jobs are called optional or non critical jobs. Few common examples of such jobs are delete temporary files, create DB index or generate a XSL report. The The critical path is series of steps(job) in a business process( job chain), which should be completed to achieve business process goals i.e. complete transaction loading, generate Bills etc.
- More often then not business process has a fix start time, average run time and a expected end time, but in case of situations where fix start time has to be changed i.e. System maintenance, later then usual availability of input data etc.
- In such a situation to achieve the business process goals, some jobs can be Excluded from the business process (job chains)