Taking a tour of the job entries

As mentioned previously, when you are designing a job, there is a broad list of available job entries, organized in folders. Let's review the list, grouped by general purpose, as follows:

  • Working with files: In a job, you can manage files in several ways; you can create folders, move files, delete files, zip or unzip files, transfer files to and from remote servers, and more. You will find the corresponding entries in the following entry folders: File management, File encryption, and File transfer.
  • Interacting with databases: You have already learned how to work with databases in a transformation, where you deal with data. With jobs, you have the option to perform more general tasks; for example, you can ...

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