sp_update_job (Transact-SQL)

[ @job_id =] job_id

The identification number of the job to be updated. job_id is uniqueidentifier.

[ @job_name =] 'job_name'

The name of the job. job_name is nvarchar(128).

Note:
Either job_id or job_name must be specified but both cannot be specified.

[ @new_name =] 'new_name'

The new name for the job. new_name is nvarchar(128).

[ @enabled =] enabled

Specifies whether the job is enabled (1) or not enabled (0). enabled is tinyint.

[ @description =] 'description'

The description of the job. description is nvarchar(512).

[ @start_step_id =] step_id

The identification number of the first step to execute for the job. step_id is int.

[ @category_name =] 'category'

The category of the job. category is nvarchar(128).

[ @owner_login_name =] 'login'

The name of the login that owns the job. login is nvarchar(128) Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can change job ownership.

[ @notify_level_eventlog =] eventlog_level

Specifies when to place an entry in the Microsoft Windows application log for this job. eventlog_level is int, and can be one of these values.

Value	Description (action)
0	Never
1	On success
2	On failure
3	Always

[ @notify_level_email =] email_level

Specifies when to send an e-mail upon the completion of this job. email_level is int. email_level uses the same values as eventlog_level.

[ @notify_level_netsend =] netsend_level

Specifies when to send a network message upon the completion of this job. netsend_level is int. netsend_level uses the same values as eventlog_level.

[ @notify_level_page =] page_level

Specifies when to send a page upon the completion of this job. page_level is int. page_level uses the same values as eventlog_level.

[ @notify_email_operator_name =] 'email_name'

The e-mail name of the operator to whom the e-mail is sent when email_level is reached. email_name is nvarchar(128).

[ @notify_netsend_operator_name =] 'netsend_operator'

The name of the operator to whom the network message is sent. netsend_operator is nvarchar(128).

[ @notify_page_operator_name =] 'page_operator'

The name of the operator to whom a page is sent. page_operator is nvarchar(128).

[ @delete_level =] delete_level

Specifies when to delete the job. delete_value is int. delete_level uses the same values as eventlog_level.

[ @automatic_post =] automatic_post

Reserved.

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

sp_update_job must be run from the msdb database.

sp_update_job changes only those settings for which parameter values are supplied. If a parameter is omitted, the current setting is retained.

By default, members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute this stored procedure. Other users must be granted one of the following SQL Server Agent fixed database roles in the msdb database:

• SQLAgentUserRole
  
• SQLAgentReaderRole
  
• SQLAgentOperatorRole
  

For details about the permissions of these roles, see SQL Server Agent Fixed Database Roles.

Only members of sysadmin can use this stored procedure to edit the attributes of jobs that are owned by other users.

The following example changes the name, description, and enabled status of the job NightlyBackups.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_update_job
    @job_name = N'NightlyBackups',
    @new_name = N'NightlyBackups -- Disabled',
    @description = N'Nightly backups disabled during server migration.',
    @enabled = 0 ;
GO

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