P4Web Release 2005.2 User Guide
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Working with Jobs

A job is a essentially a description of a task. Jobs provide a method of keeping track of information, such as what changes to the source are needed, which user is responsible for implementing the job, and which file revisions contain the implementation of the job.

The type of information tracked by the jobs system can be customized, using the jobspec; fields in the jobspec form can be added, changed, and deleted by Perforce superusers, using the Perforce command-line client.

Using changelists, you can associate files with jobs, so that you can see which files were revised while working on a particular job. For instance, if a job involves fixing a bug, and several files were changed during that fix, you could later refer to that job and see which files were changed.

See Creating and Editing Jobs for additional information.

Accessing jobs

Select the Jobs tab to access jobs by name. Click on any job in the list to see more information about that job. While you are viewing a specific job, the pulldown menu at the top of the page has these additional options:

Fixing jobs

To fix a job (that is, change its status), you attach it to a changelist, to indicate that the files submitted in the changelist contain the changes required to complete the work required by the job. If you attach a job to a pending changelist, the job is fixed when you submit the changelist. If you attach a job to a submitted changelist, the job status is changed immediately.

Customizing the Jobs view

You can customize your view of the Jobs page by using the constraints listed at the top of the page next to the Filter button. You can customize the following options:

NOTE: To save your preferences once you have selected all of your options, bookmark the page for future use.


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