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title: "Job in Database"  
description: "SQL Server has some functionality that can make more dependable in the long run: SQL Server jobs.  A SQL Server job is a collection of steps executed"  
author: "Sachindra Singh"  
published: 2011-02-08  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/109/job-in-database  
category: "database"  
tags: ["database"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Job in Database

SQL Server has some [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/136/using-watermark-functionality-in-textbox-by-jquery) that can make more dependable in the long run: SQL [Server jobs](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160938/where-to-use-sql-server-jobs-to-automate-a-task). A SQL [Server job](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160941/explain-the-component-of-sql-server-job) is a collection of steps executed by the database engine by [SQL Server Agent](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/879/what-is-sql-server-agent). The job can perform many different operations it can save time and effort. For example, a job can be created to import a daily update file internally or externally via an FTP server. Another job can be configured to handle daily [maintenance tasks](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112514/what-are-common-american-car-maintenance-tasks). A job has many different options that can be configured during its creation in order to perform the duties that are needed of it. In order to manage the jobs within a SQL [Server database](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155643/how-to-create-sql-server-database-in-google-cloud), use Enterprise Manager, and expand the [Management](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23490/tips-for-better-cash-flow-management) node in Enterprise Manager.\

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