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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2025.2

# The default P4 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.

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