Jobs tab

The Jobs tab schedules regular project backups and repairs.

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Create Job	Opens the Create A New Job dialog.
Alter Job	Modifies the selected job.
Rename Job	Renames the selected job
Delete Selected Job	Deletes the currently selected job.
Copy Job	Creates a copy of the currently selected job.

Adding and Modifying Jobs

The Create New Job button creates a new job on the server, while the Alter Job button modifies an existing job. The process of creating and modifying a job are very similar. Both the Create New Job and Alter Job buttons open the same three windows: general tab, definition tab, and scheduling tab. These tabs name the job, select the specific process and Petra project, and schedule the time and occurrence of the job.

General tab

The General tab sets the name and description of the job. The example below shows a job that will back up all projects nightly.

The Create New Job (left) and Alter Job (right) General tab

Definition tab

The Definition tab sets the specific process and project for the job. A single job can either create a new backup of a project, or repair a working project. Next, select the desired project or all projects. The example below will affect all projects on the database server.

The Create New Job (left) and Alter Job (right) Definition tab

Scheduling tab

The Scheduling tab sets the jobs interval and timeframe.

Interval	Sets the job's frequency. Options here include once, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and every. The Every option repeats the job by a set number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks, starting at the time specified by the between option below. The number of minutes, days, hours, or weeks needs to be specified in round numbers. Additionally, the Weekly option performs the job on specified days of the week
From/To	Sets the calendar date range for the job. Dates can be entered manually, or selected on a drop down calendar.
Between/And	Sets the timeframe of the job. Times can be entered manually, or with the up/down windows to the immediate right of each time.

Jobs tab

Adding and Modifying Jobs

General tab

Definition tab

Scheduling tab

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