Tips for Migrating Legacy VDMAS Jobs to Scheduler in V10+ – BridgeWorks Help Center

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Article Goal

Learn key tips for migrating legacy .vdmas jobs into the new V10 Scheduler, optimizing your setup and significantly reducing job file clutter.

Why Migrate Legacy Jobs?

In VDM v10 and later, the architecture has changed. What were once separate job files for each execution are now grouped under Jobs with Calendar-based scheduling. Migrating legacy jobs improves efficiency and reduces maintenance.

📌 Note: A legacy .vdmas job in v9 or earlier is equivalent to a single Execution in v10. In v10, you schedule Jobs, not individual executions.

✅ Tip 1: Jobs, Not Executions

In v10, you are managing Jobs — not individual executions like in v9. That means:

🔹 50 separate .vdmas jobs in v9 (each running every Monday at 7 AM)
🔹 ➡ Can be combined into a single v10 Job with recurring scheduling in the Calendar.

✅ Tip 2: Fewer Files After Migration

You will likely end up with significantly fewer Job files in v10. For example:

🎯 A client with 1,576 legacy jobs was able to consolidate them into just 30 Jobs in v10.

This is possible because each legacy job can be treated as an execution instance inside a larger, grouped Job.

✅ Tip 3: Export a List of Legacy Jobs

Before starting your migration, it’s helpful to see what you're working with. You can easily get a full list of legacy .vdmas jobs:

🔹 Open VDM
🔹 Click Enable Scheduler
🔹 View all jobs in the Details Grid
🔹 Export the grid to Excel for grouping and planning

💡 Pro Tip: Group jobs by type, run time, and frequency before importing to optimize consolidation.

✅ Tip 4: Schedule Jobs in the Calendar

Once jobs are migrated, you can schedule them using the Scheduler Calendar in v10.

Supports single or recurring appointments
Each calendar appointment can run one or multiple Jobs

🎯 Works like Outlook — flexible and visual job scheduling.

✅ Tip 5: You’re Not Alone!

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Article Summary

Migrating legacy .vdmas jobs into VDM v10’s Scheduler brings massive efficiency gains. Rather than maintaining hundreds or thousands of individual job files, you can consolidate them into organized, scheduled Jobs — each with multiple executions. Use the tips above to plan your migration strategy, export your job lists, and take full advantage of the new Calendar system.