Job prototyping is powerful feature of EnterpriseSCHEDULE. It is specifically designed to simplify how jobs are viewed and created. In this article the tools and methods that are available are discussed. These features are available inside the Windows GUI client.
The features that will be discussed are:
When a new job is created from a job prototype all the attributes associated with that prototype definition are copied into the new job. That is all static characteristics, for example how to submit the job, all job commands, all note definitions, all resource requirements etc. The only exception is the ownership, submit user, and notify username. These field will be inherited from the user creating the job.