1.1.1 Understanding jobs

To automate business operations using CPA, you need to create jobs.

A job refers to processing to be executed on computers with one operation. A job includes multiple commands (What) and triggers for execution (When).

A job is an execution unit on computers. You can start or stop executing each job.

To execute processing on computers various information is required, such as the names of the commands to be executed, parameters specified for the commands, the order in which commands are executed, and the time when commands are executed. We call each job configuration component of such information an item.

Figure 1‒1: Understanding jobs

For example, the figure above shows a job to execute two commands sequentially. In CPA, you use an action item to define a command to execute and parameters to specify for the command. You also use an action flow item to define the order in which commands will be executed. Additionally, you can add the execution date and execution time items to define when to execute the job.

An item can be used by multiple jobs. For example, if you create an item that copies files, you can use it for another business operation where copying files is required. This makes it easier to create jobs. In addition, you can put your operation know-how to work.

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