The default Helix Core Server job template

Example of a job

The default jobs template has five fields, and a job created with the default template might be similar to this.

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# A Perforce Job Specification.
#
#  Job:         The job name.  'new' generates a sequenced job number.
#  Status:      Either 'open', 'closed', or 'suspended'. Can be changed.
#  User:        The user who created the job. Can be changed.
#  Date:        The date this specification was last modified.
#  Description: Comments about the job.  Required.
Job:    new
Status: open
User:   edk
Date:   2025/02/03 23:16:43
Description:
        <enter description here>

Example of a job template

To view or edit the template, use the p4 jobspec command.

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# A Perforce Job Specification.
#
#  Updating this form can be dangerous!
#  See 'p4 help jobspec' for proper directions.
Fields:
      101 Job word 32 required
      102 Status select 10 required
      103 User word 32 required
      104 Date date 20 always
      105 Description text 0 required
Values:
      Status open/suspended/closed
Presets:
      Status open
      User $user
      Date $now
      Description $blank
Comments:
      # A Perforce Job Specification.
      #
      # Job: The job name. 'new' generates a sequenced job number.
      # Status: Either 'open', 'closed', or 'suspended'. Can be changed.
      # User: The user who created the job. Can be changed.
      # Date: The date this specification was last modified.
      # Description: Comments about the job. Required.