Inherit deadline from parent job
Specifies whether a child job inherits a deadline from its parent job.
Values:
- No (default)
- The child job does not inherit a deadline from its parent job, but calculates a deadline from the properties set on this SetDeadline step.
- Yes
- The child job inherits the deadline from its parent job if the parent job has already set a deadline and the current Deadline step is valid. If the child job type does not contain the same Deadline step that the parent job contained, the deadline cannot be inherited.
- Database name
- Job.DT.InheritDeadline
Usage notes:
- If the Inherit deadline from parent job value is Yes, the Override existing deadline value is Yes, and the parent job has a deadline, the job inherits the deadline from the parent job.
- If the Inherit deadline from parent job value is Yes, the Override existing deadline value is No, and the parent job has a deadline, the deadline is not inherited from the parent job.
- Inherit deadline from parent job is a positional job property. For information about using positional job properties, refer to the Information Center.