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Special Topics Exercise 2

Exercise 2: Job Output Parsing​

Objective​

Summary​

Instructions​

Create a DOS script​

  1. Create a DOS script with the following text:
  • echo “This is an example of Job Output Parsing finding an Error and in the Job Output and place the Job in a Failed status.”
  1. Save this script in C:\scripts with a .bat extention.
  • You can name it whatever you want.

Create a Schedule​

  1. Create a Schedule named Job Output Parsing.

Create the Windows Job​

  1. Create a Windows Job named after the script you created with the following settings:
  • Command Line: "C:\scripts\<Name of your script>.bat
  • 1st Job Output Parsing Search Criteria:
    • Search Operator = Contains
    • String to Search = Error
    • Exit Code = 901
  • 2nd Job Output Parsing Search Criteria:
    • Search Operator = Contains
    • String to Search = Failed
    • Exit Code = 900
  • Frequency: Mon-Fri-O

Build the Schedule​

  1. Built the Job and check the results.
note
  • Look at the Job Output too see why the job failed with the exit code that it did.
************************************* Start Main Job Details *************************************

Job Start Time : 112803
Job Process Name : cmd
Job Process Id : 1564
Getting Job Termination Status for Job JOPSCRIPT        0000003098
Job terminated with Exit Code : 901 ( JobOutputSearch : C:\ProgramData\OpConxps\MSLSAM\JobOutput\Archives\2025_04_17 (Thursday)\0000003098.out, Contains : Error ) 
Job finished at : 112803
Job Standard Out/Error : 

C:\Program Files\OpConxps\MSLSAM>echo "This is an example of Job Output Parsing finding an Error and in the Job Output and place the Job in a Failed status." 
"This is an example of Job Output Parsing finding an Error and in the Job Output and place the Job in a Failed status."

************************************* End Main Job Details *************************************