Run SQL Agent Job in endless loop

Question

There is an SQL Agent Job containing a complex Integration Services Package performing some ETL Jobs. It takes between 1 and 4 hours to run, depending on our data sources. The Job currently runs daily, without problems. What I would like to do now is to let it run in an endless loop, which means: When it's done, start over again.

The scheduler doesn't seem to provide this option. I found that it would be possible to use the steps interface to go to step one after the last step is finished, but there's a problem using that method: If I need to stop the job, I would need to do that in a forceful way. However I would like to be able to let the job stop after the next iteration. How can I do that?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

Since neither Martin nor Remus created an answer, here is one so the question can be accepted. The best way is to simply set the run frequency to a very low value, like one minute. If it is already running, a second instance will not be created. If you want to stop the job after the current run, simply disable the schedule.

Thanks!