Multi-Server Jobs

Why is it that when viewing Multi-Server Jobs on the MSX Server via Management Studio (Server\SQL Agent\Jobs\Multi-Server Jobs), only jobs that are in the default [Uncategorized (Multi-Server)] category appear? Any other Multi-Server job that has been put into a different category is displayed under the Local Jobs folder.

A master server distributes jobs to, and receives events from, target servers. A master server also stores the central copy of job definitions for jobs that are run on target servers. Target servers connect periodically to the master server to update their schedule of jobs. If a new job exists on the master server, the target server downloads the job. After the target server completes the job, it reconnects to the master server and reports the status of the job.

So in this case if you haven't specified the job category then they are shown as default.

|||That still doesn't answer my question! All I was questioning was why when a job has been categorised in any other Multi-Server job category than [Uncategorized (Multi-Server)] it doesn't show under the Multi-Server jobs folder, (as it does in Enterprise Manager).|||Having dug around a little further it appears that this has already been raised as a bug and should be in SP2.|||

http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=139988

This will be addressed in the next service pack.

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