Skipping a Scheduled Job on Restarting the Scheduler Kernel (Release 9.2.26.0)

As a system administrator, you can choose to skip missed instances of scheduled jobs on restarting or reactivating the scheduler kernel. These missed instances may have occurred due to scheduled downtime or because the job was previously set to Inactive status. Skipping missed job instances ensures that multiple instances of the same job are not launched when you restart the scheduler kernel.

On choosing to skip missed instances of a job, the most recent of the previous occurrences is run and the others are set to Status 31 – Skipped on scheduler startup or to Status 33 – Skipped on job activation.

To set the scheduler kernel to skip missed instances of a scheduled job at the job level:

1. On the Work With Schedule Jobs form, select the job schedule and click OK.
2. On the Schedule Information Revisions form, select the Allow job to be skipped at startup checkbox.

For new jobs, to set the scheduler kernel to skip missed jobs at startup by default:

1. In the Schedule Jobs program (P91300/P91300W), go to processing options, Defaults tab, set the value for Allow scheduled job to be skipped at start up of scheduler service to 1.

Note: If multiple scheduler server kernels are running on the same port, they must all share identical settings. Different settings may cause inconsistent behavior.

Note: To set the skip job option as default for all legacy jobs, access the Scheduler Server Control form and select the Allow job to be skipped at startup checkbox.