You can modify the parent and child relationships of jobs.

To open the parent/child settings dialog box

You cannot update the parent/child relationship if a job is in a workflow.

1. Navigate to the Job Management tab.

2. Use the search and filter options to find the desired jobs.

3. Select a job for which you wish to update the settings and click the Properties icon.

This displays the following screen:

4. Click the Job Flags tab.

5. Click Edit Parent/Child Settings.

This displays the Set Parent/Child Flags dialog box:

To convert a child job to an independent job

You need to remove the parent job from the child job to make it an independent job.

1. Clear the This is a Child Job check box.

2. Click Save and Close.

3. Click Save and Close.

You can update an independent job to a parent job and assign child jobs to this job.

1. Click the Parent/Child Settings tab.

2. Select the This is a Parent Job check box.

3. Click Save and Close.

You need to assign parent jobs to the child jobs.

You can assign a parent job to a single child job at a time.

1. Use the search and filter options to find the job which you wish to convert as a child job.

2. Select the job which you wish to update as a child job and click the Properties icon.

This displays the following screen:

3. Click the Job Flags tab.

4. Click Edit User Flag Settings.

This displays the following screen:

4. Select the This is a Child Job check box.

5. Click More next to the Parent Job box.

This displays the following screen:

6. Use the search and filter options to find the desired job which you wish to link with the parent job as a child job.

7. Select a job in the list which you wish to make parent for the selected child job.

8. Click Save as Parent.

This populates the job details in the box as follows:

8. Click Select/Edit next to the Parent/Child Settings File box to select the parent/child settings file (if required).

9. Click Save and Close.

10. Click Save and Close.

11. Likewise, you can assign a parent job to each child job