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. Select Go to->Jobs
2. Select Run->Create job...
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 Go To->Jobs
2. Click on the name of the job that you want to edit.
3. Select Run->Edit job...
4. Edit the fields as desired. Default field descriptions can be found below.
5. When you have finished editing the job, click the Save button.

Job field descriptions

Since job fields differ from site to site, those at your site may be very different than what you see below. Job fields are defined by the jobspec. The default P4Web job fields are:

Job:

The name of the job. Whitespace is not allowed in the name.

Status:

The default options are: open, closed, or suspended.
- An open job is one that has been created but has not yet been completed.
- A closed job is one that has been completed.
- A suspended job is an open job that is not currently being worked on.

User:

This field is automatically populated with username of the person creating the job, but you may 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, as the first line can be viewed in the Jobs list, and can be used for quick reference.