Joblist templates: a detailed guide

The following is a detailed walkthrough of a complete, generic joblist template and its rules. For a presentation of the general logic of joblist templates, go here:

The rules list

Each rule in a joblist template can create one or more jobs. When you combine it with a project, the rules will be applied in the order they are arranged in the list, which typically follows the chronology of the project steps. The rules can be dragged and dropped to change the order.

However, as you will see, all rules are not necessarily applied to a project. It depends on project or language settings. This allows you to maintain a limited number of joblist templates and use project data to fine tune the results. 

The first rule – explaining the panels

We'll use the first rule to explain all the panels. 

• Add job(s) to:
  • Where should these jobs be added? Well, a project typically begins with media ingest, with one file per part (e.g. an episode of a series). Selecting "Part" will add one job of this type to each part (see Project structure).
• Job options (panel one)
  • In the first panel you can add