How to Schedule a job after another job

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How to Schedule a job after another job

aileen_l

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November 28, 2007 at 2:56 pm

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Hi,
Anyone knows how to schedule a job after another job run? Or Calling a job inside another job. It sounds very simple, but I can't find out how to do it.
Thanks

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Michael Valentine Jones SSC Guru Points: 64818 More actions · Answer 1

You can start the second job using a stored procedure call in the first job.

execute msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @JobName

Zaheer Old Hand Points: 302 More actions · Answer 2

You can have 2 steps in the same job to execute one after other.

The 1st Step is your 1st Job and 2nd Step is the 2nd Job

Zaheer

iceheartjade Say Hey Kid Points: 677 More actions · Answer 3

For the second option, how should we do it exactly? If I make a new job step, there is no option to choose a type to be SQL job.

Clive Strong SSChampion Points: 11222 More actions · Answer 4

You can't make a step a SQL Job.

What Zaheer is saying is to rather than have 2 scheduled jobs, create one job and have two steps so you go from step 1 to step 2.

If, however, you need two scheduled processes (say job A & job B), but based on some outcome in job A, you need to force job B to run, then use the sp_start_job command as recommended.

iceheartjade Say Hey Kid Points: 677 More actions · Answer 5

Thanks, that's answered my question. I don't want to remake the jobs.