A job container is used to gain access to jobs in the current site's site database. The job container is analogous to the Jobs window in the SMS Administrator. Thus, a job container contains, at the topmost level, job folders. Each type of job is represented as a type of job folder. For example, a Run Command On Workstation job is represented as an F_INSTALLJOB folder.
Jobs are SMS objects that store instructions for system actions. For example, you can define a Run Command On Workstation job to install a package on computers, or the SMS system can create a job to maintain part of the system.
Job folders do not contain any subfolders. The properties of a job are represented by the scalars within the job's folder.
Using a job filter, your application can specify the job folders that will appear in the container. For example, a job filter can be used to populate a job container with folders for only one type of job, such as a Run Command On Workstation job.
A job container has the following properties:
| Property | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tag | "Job container" | String. A description of the container type. |
| Container type | C_JOB | Integer. Container type. |
| Applied filters | JOB_FILTER | Integer. Filters that can be applied to a job container. These filters act upon objects at the job container level. |
| Active filters | JOB_FILTER | Integer. Filters that are directly activated on the container. These filter types are used to retrieve the top-level folders in the container. |
| Immediate subfolders | F_SYSTEMJOB | Integer. Types of subfolders that the container type can contain. |