Creating and Editing Jobs

A Perforce job is a essentially a description of a task. For more information about jobs, see Working with Jobs.

To create a new job,

1. Click the Jobs tab.
2. Click the Create job link at the top of the page.
3. Edit the fields as desired. Default field descriptions can be found below.
4. When you have finished entering the job, click the Save button.

To edit a job,

1. Select the Jobs tab.
2. Click on the name of the job that you want to edit.
3. Select Edit job... from the Action menu.
4. Edit the fields as desired.
5. When you have finished editing the job, click the Save button.

Job field descriptions

Job fields are defined by the jobspec, which can be modified for your site's specific purposes. The default P4Web job fields are:

Field	Description
Job	The name of the job. Whitespace is not allowed.
Status	The default options are open, closed, or suspended. open: a job that has not yet been completed. closed: a job that has been completed. suspended: an open job that is not currently being worked on.
User	This field is automatically populated with the username of the person who created the job, but you can edit it.
Date	The date and time that the job was created.
Description	Optional information that can be used to describe this job. Usually a written description of the problem that is meant to be fixed. It's a good idea to make the first line of a job particularly meaningful, because the first line can be viewed in the Jobs list and can be used for quick reference.