Running a job from the Director client

After you compile your job in the Designer client, you run it from the Director client.

About this task

You specify values for parameters and parameter sets at run time.

In the Director client your jobs display. This can include Web services jobs, which are distinguished by having a separate icon and being grayed out.

Procedure

  1. Start the Designer client.
  2. Open the job that you want to run.
  3. Click the compile icon (compile job icon) to compile your job.

    The Compile Job window opens to show the status of the job compilation. When the job has compiled successfully, you see a message like "Job successfully compiled with no errors".

    If the job did not compile successfully, click Show Error to view the errors. Correct any errors and the recompile the job.

  4. Click Close to close the Compile Job window.
  5. Click Tools > Run Director.

    The Director client opens.

  6. Run the job.
    1. In the Director client, click the job that you want to run, then click Job > Run Now.

      The Job Run Options window opens.

    2. Select values for each of the parameters that you defined, or accept the default values. For parameter sets, select As pre-defined to use the default values for the set, or choose a different value.
    3. Click Run.

Results

The status of your job in the Director client changes to Running. When the job run completes, the status changes to Finished or Aborted.

What to do next

Click the job log icon (job log icon) to view the log from your job run. If your job status is Finished (with errors) or Aborted, double-click any warnings or errors to view more details about the event. Investigate the cause and fix the problem before compiling and running your job again.