C-LANG Statements › SKIPPARMUPDATES Statement—Specify Whether to Update Job Parameters

SKIPPARMUPDATES Statement—Specify Whether to Update Job Parameters

The SKIPPARMUPDATES statement specifies whether the agent updates job parameters with data in the PS_PRCSDEFN table.

Note: We recommend that you skip parameter updates when some bind variables in the PS_PRCSDEFN table may not be suitably defined.

Supported Job Type

This statement is optional for the PeopleSoft job type.

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

SKIPPARMUPDATES YES|NO

YES

Specifies that the agent does not update job parameters with data in the PS_PRCSDEFN table. If you specify YES, you can use the ARGS statement to pass additional argument values.

NO

Specifies that the agent updates job parameters with data in the PS_PRCSDEFN table. This is the default.

Example: Ignore Parameters in the PS_PRCSDEFN Table and Pass Additional Parameters to the nVision Report

In this example, the job parameters are not updated with data in the PS_PRCSDEFN table. The ARGS statement passes additional parameters to the nVision report.

AGENT PSAGENT
PROCESSTYPE nVision-Report
PROCESSNAME NVSRUN
OUTDESTTYPE FILE
OUTDESTFORMAT XLS
OUTDESTPATH c:\test\testnv.xls
SKIPPARMUPDATES Yes
ARGS -NRNVARIABLE -NBUAUS01 -NHLhttp://10.1.1.40/psp/ps+
    /EMPLOYEE/ERP/c/REPORT_BOOKS.IC_RUN_DRILLDOWN.GBL?Action=A

Example: Update Job Parameters with Data in the PS_PRCSDEFN Table

In this example, the job parameters are updated with data in the PS_PRCSDEFN table.

RUNCONTROLID sample
PROCESSTYPE Crystal
PROCESSNAME 'OMC3220-'
SKIPPARMUPDATES N
PSOPRID VP2