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Version: OpCon (Cloud - Current)

Delete Daily Job

Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer

What Is It?​

The Delete Daily Job skill is an Otto chat skill that removes a job from the daily queue for a specified schedule and date. You request the deletion in natural language, and Otto identifies the job and removes it from the daily tables.

The skill acts on the daily (date-specific) instance of the job, so the removal affects only the automation built for the specified date. The master job definition is not changed.

Required Privileges​

To use the Delete Daily Job skill, you must have the Chatbot Privileges function privilege, or one of the equivalent administrator privileges that grants it.

If the job is not found or you do not have permission to act on it, Otto returns an error and no change is made.

Skill Details​

Parameters​

All three parameters are required.

  • Date: The date of the daily schedule from which the job will be removed.
  • Job Name: The name of the job to remove.
  • Schedule Name: The name of the daily schedule that contains the job.

Example​

Delete job TestJob from schedule TestSchedule for today

Please delete the job with the name "TestJob" from the schedule "TestSchedule" for today.

FAQs​

Q: Does deleting a daily job affect the master job definition?

No. The Delete Daily Job skill removes only the daily (date-specific) instance of the job. The master job definition in the schedule is not changed and will continue to build on future dates according to its frequency settings.

Q: What happens if the job cannot be found?

If the job does not exist for the specified schedule and date, or you do not have permission to act on it, Otto returns an error and no change is made.

Q: Can I delete multiple jobs at once?

Glossary​

Schedule: A named container for jobs in OpCon, built for a specific date to create that day's automation. Schedules define build settings, frequencies, and the jobs that run within them.

Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.

Daily Tables: The OpCon database tables that hold the active, date-specific instances of schedules and jobs built for the current day's automation. Changes to daily tables affect only the current day's automation.