Using UtilityRunJob Without waiting for its output

Developer9 · Post by **Developer9** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:26 pm

I am invoking a Sequencer though a Server job by using the DSUtilityRunJob. But this server job only completes after the Sequencer call is complete , is there a way i can get the server job to complete without waiting for the sequencer to complete?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:04 pm

Yes, but cloning and adapting UtilityRunJob. But I would counsel against this approach - how will you determine the successful completion or otherwise of the asynchronously started jobs?

Out of the box? No.

Developer9 · Post by **Developer9** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:10 pm

Ray , Thanks for the response. The sequencer has an email activity which notifies about the Completion status to the user.

Could you please explain in detail about "cloning and adapting UtilityRunJob"...

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:18 pm

Source code for all the SDK routines is supplied. Make a copy of (= clone) the one in which you're interested (UtilityRunJob) and edit its code so that it returns as soon as the DSRunJob call has been made. Do not have it wait for the job to complete.

Developer9 · Post by **Developer9** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:47 pm

Ray , You are D Man. Tested the concept and it worked exactly as needed. Thanks for the Information.

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:24 pm

You can do the same with dsjob command. Execute without the wait option.