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title: Scheduled Jobs Should Specified A Value For “Run as” Field
description: Impact Area Security                             Severity Medium                             Affected Element Benchmark Scheduled Scrip Scheduled Data…
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/scheduled-jobs-should-specified-a-value-for-run-as-field/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Scheduled Jobs Should Specified A Value For “Run as” Field

Impact Area

Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           Severity

Medium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           Affected Element

Benchmark Scheduled Scrip

Scheduled Data Collection

Scheduled Data Import Set

Scheduled Email of Custom Chart

Scheduled Email of Query Builder

Scheduled Email of Report

Scheduled Entity Generation

Scheduled Report Summary Generation

Scheduled Script Execution

## Rule ID

**SN-0472**

Impact

Scheduled jobs perform tasks that might require special access to resources. The defined user under “Run as” field must not be empty and have access to the resources acceded by the job in order to the task can be successfully executed.

## Remediation

Validate that all jobs are configured with a no empty user if there are any defined values under the “Run as” field.

**Time to fix**

10 min