Job description

 

The job description allows you to create a set of job attributes that are saved and available for multiple uses. The job description can be used as the source for some of the job attributes that tell the system how to run a job. The attributes tell the system when to start the job, where to get the job from, and how the job will run. You can think of a job description as a template that many jobs can use, thereby reducing the number of specific parameters that you need to set for each individual job.

Job descriptions are used by autostart, batch, interactive, and prestart job types. You can use the same job description for multiple jobs. When you define a job, you can use the job description in one of two ways:

 

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Job characteristics