Microsoft sql job

When you use an executable program or an operating-system command as a job step, you must specify:. The command to execute. To execute an operating system command, this is simply the command itself. You must provide the full path to the executable if the executable is not located in a directory specified in the system path or the path for the user that the job step runs as.

Type the Transact-SQL statement to execute. The statement may call a stored procedure or an extended stored procedure. Instead, the job step runs as the owner of the job step, or as the SQL Server Agent service account if the owner of the job step is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

A single Transact-SQL job step can contain multiple batches. When you create a PowerShell script job step, you must specify one of two things as the command for the step:. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. You can also open an existing ActiveX script file as the command for the job step.

Alternatively, ActiveX script commands can be externally compiled for example, using Microsoft Visual Basic and then run as executable programs. The object has two methods Print and CreateObject.

When you create publications and subscriptions using replication, replication jobs are created by default. The type of job created is determined by the type of replication snapshot, transactional, or merge and the options used. When replication is set up, you can specify to run the replication agents in one of three ways: continuously after SQL Server Agent is started, on demand, or according to a schedule.

For more information about replication agents, see Replication Agents Overview. Type the statement to execute. Identify the verification to use for the package. For example, you can specify that the package must be signed, or that the package must have a specific package ID. Click the Advanced page to set job step options, such as: what action to take if the job step succeeds or fails, how many times SQL Server Agent should try to execute the job step, and the file or table where SQL Server Agent can write the job step output.

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can write job step output to an operating system file. If you are a member of the sysadmin fixed server role and you want to run this job step as a different SQL login, select the SQL login from the Run as user list. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. On the Alerts page, organize the alerts for the job. On the Targets page, manage the target servers for the job. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No.