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- Open the Scheduler by clicking the Scheduler button from the toolbar.
- Click File > New Job from the menu in the top of the screen, or click the New Job button from the toolbar.
- Enter the required details in the Job Definition window.
Refer to Creating a Job for more details on how to create a new job.
- Once the job has been created, click the All Jobs button from the toolbar. The newly created job is now displayed in the Scheduler window.
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It is possible to make a job dependent on another job, using the Dependent On field in the Job Definition window.
Click the Add Parent Job button.
In the window that appears, select the Parent Job from the drop-down list. In our case, we choose the job Shared Dimensions Daily Refresh.
The Maximum Time to Look Back for the Parent Job Completion field prevents older iterations of the parent job from being identified as a completion. In our example, we are starting both jobs at 3 am, so we don't need to look too far back to ensure that the dimension refresh has run. We have therefore set the look-back minutes to 60 to allow for any delays in starting this job.
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Click OK to link this data job to the parent dimensional job. In this way, the job Enterprise Reporting Daily Refresh cannot run until the parent job Shared Dimensions Daily Refresh has completed successfully; thus the facts will have the latest dimensional keys associated with them.
