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Place a job on hold

You can place a job on hold and delay all event processing for the amount of time that you specify. When a job is placed on hold, exceptions, milestones and triggers are affected. When the hold time expires, the job moves to active status and the job activities become pending. You can reactivate jobs on hold at any time.

  1. On the Jobs menu, click Find.

    The Jobs - Find page appears with a list of all jobs.

  2. Specify the jobs to put on hold:

    • To place a single job on hold, on the Actions column for the job, click Select, and click On Hold Makes the job on hold.

    • To place multiple jobs on hold, select the jobs, and on the Actions Display action list, click On Hold Makes the job on hold.

    • To place all jobs on hold, select the check box in the table header and on the Actions Display action list, click On Hold Makes the job on hold.

  3. Specify the length of the hold:

    • To put the job on hold until a specific date and time, click Select Date and Time and set the date and time.

    • To put the job on hold for a set period of time, click Select Period and select the time period (Weeks, Days and/or Hours) for the job to remain on hold.

  4. In the Reason for Hold box, enter a reason for placing the job on hold.
  5. Click OK.

    The job status changes to On Hold.