Getting Started Guide I - Setting up jobs and job chains

Standalone Jobs and Order Jobs

JobScheduler 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 but are neither as flexible nor as powerful as Order Jobs. Standalone Jobs are however quite often used in simpler job scheduling environments and where users have migrated from other job scheduling systems such as TWS which are based on a similar concept.

The following article provides a step-by-step guide to creating both standalone and order jobs and allows an insight to the relative advantages to each approach.

• How to Quickly Get Started with Standalone and Order Jobs

Order Jobs and Job Chains

Order jobs and job chains are one of the most powerful arguments for implementing JobScheduler, bringing a efficient, modular approach to implementing workflow automation.

We have a number of articles providing a step-by-step approach to Order Jobs and Job Chains.

Introduction to the concepts behind jobs, job chains and orders

• Concepts for jobs, job chains and orders

Creating a simple Order Job Chain:

• JobScheduler Tutorials:
  
  • JobScheduler - Tutorials - Introduction and Requirements
  • JobScheduler - Tutorial 1 - Running a simple job using JOC
  • JobScheduler - Tutorial 2 - Editing a Simple Job with JOE