Creating definitions for template-based batch job types

The batch processor includes predefined definitions for template-based batch job types. These definitions meet several common business requirements, but you can also create your own job type definitions to meet your organization’s specific requirements.

The benefit of using template-based jobs is that you do not have to provide a full XML request in the batch input file. For instance, if you want to run a request more than one time, but with different values, you can use a template in combination with an input of either a titled CSV file or an SQL query result. The input provides the specific values that replace the placeholders in the template, meaning that you do not have to create each full request manually.

Batch job templates are contained in the TASKDEFINITION table.