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Creating jobs setup tab page "general".

Introduction 

The main document explains the situations the jobs are used. The next list of steps should be followed in order to setup jobs in the SQL Server Agent.

• Creating a job

   Setup tab page "General".

• Setup tab page "Steps".
• Setup tap page "Schedule".
• Setup tab page "Notification".

Explanation

• In the Name box, enter a name for the job.
• Clear the Enabled check box if you do not want the job to be run immediately following its creation. For example, if you want to test a job before it is scheduled to run, disable the job.
• Under Source, do one of the following:
  • Click Target local server if the job should run on this server only.
  • Click Target multiple servers if the job should run on other servers.
    • Then click Change. This option is enabled only if the server is a master server.
    • In the Change Job Target Servers dialog box, on the Available Servers tab, click a server, and then click the right arrow to move the server to the Selected target servers list.
    • Click OK to return to the New Job Properties dialog box.
• Category: Select a category. Choose uncategorized when no catergory is required.
• In the Owner list, select a user to be the owner of the job.
• In the Description box, enter a description of what the job does. The maximum number of characters is 512.