You can create a SQL job to perform administrative operations on a single Managed Database or a Database Group.

1. Go to the Managed database details page of the Managed Database or the Database group details page of the Database Group for which you want to create the job.
2. On the left pane under Resources, click Jobs.
3. In the Jobs section, click the Definitions tab and then click Create job.
4. In the Create job panel:
   1. Provide the following information for the SQL job:
      1. Job name: Enter a unique name for the job.
      2. Job description: Optionally, enter a description for the job.
      3. SQL type: Select the SQL type. The available options are:
         • Query
         • DML
         • DDL
         • PL*SQL
      4. Choose compartment: Select the compartment in which you want to create the job. The compartment in which the Managed Database or Database Group resides is selected by default, however, you can opt to create the job in a different compartment.
      5. Timeout: Depending on the time the SQL job is likely to take, select one of the options in the drop-down list, and based on the selected option the job is prioritized.
   2. Provide schedule details for the job by selecting one of the following options:
      • One time (immediately): Select to execute the job once (immediately).
      • One time (later): Select to execute the job once (later) and specify the time when it should be executed.
      • Repeating: Select to execute a job multiple times at the specified frequency. If you want to specify an end date for the scheduled job, then select the Define end date check box.
   3. Select one of the available options in the Credential type drop-down list to specify database credentials to connect to the Managed Database. For information on credential types, see Use Credentials to Perform Diagnostics & Management Tasks.
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      • If creating a job for a Database Group, you cannot use named credentials and you will have to select the New credential option in the Credential type drop-down list and specify the user name, user password secret, and role. Also, when creating a job for a Database Group, the database credentials must apply to all the databases in the Database Group.
      • When creating a scheduled job (to be executed once or multiple times), if the Service policy is required... message is displayed, click Add policy to view the service policy that grants Database Management (dpd) the permission to read the secret, and automatically add it. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IAM service creates the policy and it's added to a collection of policies called DBMgmt_Service_Policy in the IAM service.
   4. For a Query type job, select the Object Storage bucket in which the job results will be stored. The Oracle object storage for job results section with the Bucket name drop-down list is only displayed if you've selected the Query type job. The Object Storage bucket can be in the same compartment as the job or in another compartment, and you must have the required Object Storage service permissions to select the bucket.

      When creating a scheduled job (to be executed once or multiple times), if the Service policy is required... message is displayed, click Add policy to view the service policy that grants Database Management (dpd) the permission to write the results of the scheduled job to an Object Storage bucket, and automatically add it. The IAM service creates the policy and it's added to a collection of policies called DBMgmt_Service_Policy in the IAM service.

      For information on:

      • Object Storage service permissions, see Additional Permissions Required to Use Diagnostics & Management.
      • IAM policies, see Managing Policies.
   5. Click Load SQL to load the SQL command or enter it in the SQL command field. If you're entering a SQL command, then do not add a trailing ; or /.
   6. For Query, DML, and PL*SQL type jobs, optionally add bind variables in the Bind variables section. If bind variables are used as placeholders that must be replaced with valid values for the statement to execute successfully, then click Add bind variable and specify the following information:
      1. Position: Select the bind variable position.
      2. Type: Select the type to specify if the bind variable is an in-bind or out-bind variable.
      3. Data type: Select the relevant data type.
      4. Array type: Enter the array type for the Array of numbers and Array of strings data types. Note that this field is not displayed if you select Number, String, or CLOB in the Data type field.
      5. Value: Enter the bind variable value.

      To add more bind variable values, click Add bind variable and provide the required information. For information on bind variables, see Bind Variables and Cursors in Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

   7. Optionally, click Show advanced options to add free-form or defined tags to the job. If you have the permissions required to create a job, then you also have permissions to add free-form tags. To add a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace.

      For information on:

      • Tagging concepts and the permissions required to work with tags, see Overview of Tagging.
      • How to add a tag during resource creation, see To add a tag during resource creation.
   8. Click Create job.

dbmgmtJobExecutionsCount[1m]{managedDbId = "<OCID of the Oracle Database>", status = "Failed"}.mean()

You can monitor the runs and executions of a submitted job for a Managed Database or Database Group. A job execution is created for each of the Managed Databases associated with the job, and a job run is the sum of executions of a specific job that ran on a scheduled date.

To view the job runs and executions:

1. Go to the Managed database details or Database group details page.
2. On the left pane under Scope, ensure that the compartment in which the job was created is selected.
3. On the left pane under Resources, click Jobs.
4. In the Jobs section, click the Definitions tab and then click the name of the job. Alternatively, you can also click the corresponding Actions icon () and click View details.

The Job details page is displayed and it provides the details of the job, job runs and executions, and the associated Managed Databases on which the job is executed. On this page, you can perform tasks such as editing, moving, and deleting the job and using tags. In addition, you can also monitor each job execution and its status. To do so:

1. In the Job runs section, expand a job run, and click a job execution link.

   The job execution link is in the following format:

   <Name of job>_<Name of Managed Database>_YYYY-MM-DD'T'HH:MM:SS.SSS
2. On the Job execution details page, review the details such as the job execution status, the SQL associated with the execution, and the duration of the job execution. Note that the duration is the time taken for the entire job execution workflow to complete and not just the time taken for the SQL to execute on the database.
3. For a Query type job, click Download output to download the job execution output to a .txt file.
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   The Download output option is only available for Query type jobs and you can use this option only if you have the required Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage service permissions. For more information, see Additional Permissions Required to Use Diagnostics & Management.