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title: Populate Requested Start Date
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description: This job populates Requested Start datetimes from old Request dates for each order.
products:
  - Communications
  - Media
  - Energy and Utilities
release: "264"
---
# Populate Requested Start Date

This job populates Requested Start datetimes from old Request dates for each order.

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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Upgrades from ​Salesforce
              Industries Communications, Media, and Energy v15
              release</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Apex Name</p>
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              <span class="apiname">PopulateRequestedStartDateBatchJob</span>
            </p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Where to Run this Job</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Upgrade Jobs link on the CMT Administration
              tab.</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Risks of Running This Job</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Low Risk. This job
              populates the new Requested Start Date field that is the new date field
              for submission of an order.</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">When Not to Run This Job</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">N/A</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">When to Run This Job</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">When upgrading to v.103.x or later releases. During the upgrade,
              this job populates the new Requested Start Date field with values from the
              old Request Date field.</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">More Information</p>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The FDO orders from v103 will now use the requested
              start date field, which is a date time field for submit
              orders.</p>
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