| Title | Editing the Task Data manually |
| Date Updated | 12/08/2005 |
| Versions affected | This article applies to version 5.x only. |
| OS affected | None - not a bug |
| Description | Many users prefer to edit the task data through their text editors. This allows users to use Find/Replace to modify the data. This is useful if you have many tasks of same type and a parameter has changed. Example, if your email, proxy server, or ftp user/password changes. |
| Causes | Not a bug |
| Solution | 1) VERY IMPORTANT:
Backup your data using the File Menu / Backup Feature 2) If you are using Automize NT service, Stop the NT service, using the Service Control Manager 3) Stop the Scheduler Engine from the Automize user interface 4) Shut down the Automize user interface 5) Edit the file 'taskData.jsd' in the folder 'Automize/inputs' using wordpad or other text editor. Replace the old text in the file with the new text. Be very careful with taskData.jsd. The format is very strict. Do not put any extra lines or spaces anywhere, or the file will zero out... just replace the required text.. 6) Save the file 'taskData.jsd' 7) Startup Automize. Check the 'All Tasks' table to make sure all tasks are there and the data is replaced correctly. Format of taskData.jsd: |
| Output Log | - |
| Debug Log | - |