Updating job parameters/definitions

Is it possible to programmatically update the parameter for a job before submitting it?

I want to automate a job flow. The current manual flow is: (1) update parameters for custom job (UTxxx) that creates a CSV file of cleared checks between specified dates; (2) run UTxxx; (3) transfers the CSV to another server/business system; and (4) runs the appropriate job to upload the CSV into the other busienss system. Items 3 & 4 in the flow are easy to accomplish. Item 2 should be doable via the wtsubmit command. Item 1 is the problem. How can I programmatically update the start and end dates?

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jreese

Are you using ProcessFlow to automate this job flow and is the custom job a Lawson custom job? If yes to both, then you can update the parameters of the job with the transaction node.

Legacy Contributor

I don't know anything about ProcessFlow so I haven't consider it. I'm not ruling it out. I just don't know.

Can ProcessFlow execute a Unix shell script? The shell script would handle the steps necessary to FTP to the other server and process it.

jreese

Yes it can. I use it to run Unix scripts all the time.

jacob-jellison

There are also 4GL API's (900-JOB-LOAD, 900-JOB-SUBMIT, etc) that I've used in the past to programmatically change parameters and submit jobs.

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