How to call job step X from job step Y:

I have a SQL Server Agent job with multiple steps. I want
to be able to goto a specific job steps by choice from a
step within the job. How do I make a acll to another step
from a job step.
For example, based on data returned in step 5, I could go
to step 1, 2, 3 or 4. 'OnSuccess', OnFailure' flow is not
good enough in the given scenario. I don't want to use
sp_start_job to start the job at a specific step because
the job is already running and I just want to set the
control-of-flow to a different step.
Thanks
Abdul Gill
DBA/Royal Caribbean Cruise LimitedHi Abdul
Job Step control does limit your options for controlling process flow, so
how about using a DTS package? DTS gives you easy control over process flow
& can be scheduled into a SQL Agent Job as well. The tools for implementing
complex processes are far more advanced in DTS, there's even a GUI to
support visualisation of the process logic..
Regards,
Greg Linwood
SQL Server MVP
"Abdul M. Gill" <agill@.rccl.com> wrote in message
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> I have a SQL Server Agent job with multiple steps. I want
> to be able to goto a specific job steps by choice from a
> step within the job. How do I make a acll to another step
> from a job step.
> For example, based on data returned in step 5, I could go
> to step 1, 2, 3 or 4. 'OnSuccess', OnFailure' flow is not
> good enough in the given scenario. I don't want to use
> sp_start_job to start the job at a specific step because
> the job is already running and I just want to set the
> control-of-flow to a different step.
> Thanks
> Abdul Gill
> DBA/Royal Caribbean Cruise Limited