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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use jobs</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Job</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In most sessions that start a lengthy process, such as generating orders or printing a report, you can click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Add to Job</GUIRef> to run the process as a <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000025" role="glossary">job</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can use a job to run a session or a sequence of sessions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>At a predefined time.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Repeatedly, at specific times.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Periodically.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>If a process runs as a job, you can continue working at your PC. Jobs can also be executed while you are not logged on to SSA ERP.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Use jobs to carry out tasks that require many system resources during quiet times. For example, you can schedule processing and printing jobs to run during after-office hours to improve the system performance during the day.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Jobs can also include shell scripts.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<ProcedureList><ListIntro>Using a job consists of the following steps:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000038" role="manual">To define a job</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000039" role="manual">To add a session to a job</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000040" role="manual">To define a job calendar</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000041" role="manual">To run a job</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
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