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.
To convert an independent job to a parent job
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.
To assign child jobs to the parent job
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
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