22.0 Workload-Driven Cloud Services > How-to's > Creating a generic system job
22.2 Creating a generic system job
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Generic system jobs, or system jobs with a trigger, are created via job templates. They can be selectable, but they should not be when used in a cloud workflow.
To create a generic system job
- Create a job template that sets the GENERICSYSJOB attribute.
- Create a trigger that meets the requirements detailed in Generic system job trigger requirements and make it the value of GENERICSYSJOB.
JOBCFG[gen] GENERICSYSJOB=EType=start,AType=exec,Action="$HOME/genericTrig.py",Timeout=5:00,Flags=objectxmlstdin