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RunAJob utility

You can use the RunAJob utility to run jobs or check job status instead of making calls directly through the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services REST API.
The RunAJob utility runs a JAR file that calls an Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services REST API to run a job. After the job completes, the utility provides the following job details:
You can use the RunAJob utility for certain Data Integration and Data Ingestion and Replication asset types.
For Data Integration, you can run jobs for the following tasks and taskflows:
For Data Ingestion and Replication, you can run file ingestion task jobs.
You must have the RunAJobCli package enabled in your Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services organization to use the RunAJob utility.
To see if your organization is licensed to use the utility, log in to your organization and click Administrator > Licenses, and then look for the RunAJobCli package toward the bottom of the page. If you do not see the package, contact Informatica Global Customer Support to enable it.
When the package is enabled, the utility can be found in the following location:
<Secure Agent installation directory>\apps\runAJobCli
To use the RunAJob utility, the Secure Agent host must have Java version 1.8 or higher installed.