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Kyle Jorgensen
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1/16/2015 1:47 PM

    When you delete a user from security it gives you the option to copy the user's jobs to another user.

    We've found that when we do this the jobs do copy but if the 'departing' user's job had any setup in jobdef (file distribution, csv attributes, etc) the job that gets created for the 'receiving' user is missing all of the jobdef setup.

    Are we doing something wrong, or is this just how it works (which is lousy)?

    Kwane McNeal
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    1/16/2015 2:38 PM
      Kyle, it's been a while since I've looked closely at this, but I seem to recall this is the way it works.

      I don't know if it's a bug, or by design. I agree it's lousy, but I think the intent is that each user determines their settings...but that's a wild --- guess on my part
      Greg Moeller
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      1/20/2015 9:41 PM
        You can dump the user's jobs before-hand. I'm not sure if it works any differently though... 
        jobdump -d -o Job -v UserName joesmoe > jobdump.dmp

        And then reload into a new user with 
        jobload -c -o Job -m UserName joesmoe newuserid jobdump.dmp


        I seem to remember now that I'm typing, it should give you better results, but I'm not sure I've tested any with dist groups on them?

        If you want to see what it will do first (to check syntax, etc) leave off the -c on the jobload command.
        mthedford
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        2/2/2015 2:22 PM
          Yes, the jobdump/jobload will bring across all job definition information, however, you may still need to check to see if the target user is setup for any distribution group that is defined in the jobs or there will be errors in the job log when it runs.
          Scott Perrier
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          2/2/2015 2:38 PM
            Also take note that when moving the jobs to the new user, if that new user already had that job name redined that this process will overlay it.
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