Job Activity properties

Use the Job Activity stage to specify information about the job that the job activity runs.

The Job Activity stage contains the following fields:
Job name
Use this field to specify the name of the job that the activity runs. If you add the activity by dragging a job from the Repository, the Job name field is already populated.
Invocation Id Expression
Enter a name for the invocation or a job parameter that supplies the instance name at run time. A job parameter name must be delimited by hashes (#). You can also click the browse button choose from a list of available job parameters.

To set the Invocation Id to the value used by the calling job sequence, set this field to the value DSJobInvocationId.

Important: This field is displayed only if the job identified by the Job name property has the Allow Multiple Instance option enabled. You cannot leave the Invocation Id Expression field blank.
Execution Action
Use this option to specify what action the activity takes when the job runs. Choose one of the following options from the list:
  • Run (the default)
  • Reset if required then run
  • Validate only
  • Reset only
Do not checkpoint job run
Select this option to specify that checkpoint information will not be recorded for this job. This option specifies that if a job later in the sequence fails, and the sequence is restarted, this job will run again, regardless of whether it finished successfully in the original run. This option is only available if checkpoint information is recorded for the entire sequence job.
Parameters
Use this grid to provide values for any parameters that the job requires. The grid displays all parameters that are expected by the job. Choose one of the following options to use this field:
  • Type an expression that specifies a value for the parameter in the Value Expression column. Literal values must be enclosed in inverted commas.
  • Select a parameter and click Insert Parameter Value to use another parameter or argument in the sequence to provide the value. A window opens and displays all available parameters and arguments that occur in the sequence job before the current activity. This window shows parameters that you define for the job sequence in the Parameters stage of the Job Sequence Properties window. Choose the required parameter or argument and click OK. You can use this feature to determine control flow through the sequence.
  • Click Clear to clear the value expression from the selected parameter.
  • Click Clear All to clear the expression values from all parameters.
  • Select a parameter and click Set to Default to enter the default for that parameter as defined in the job itself.
  • Click All to Default to set all parameters to their default values.