Alison thanks for the response. Can you tell me where I can find the sample script? Also, I've found that with the release of 10.3 there is a createjob tool in the WMX toolbox and within WMX the job type can be set to autoexecute upon job creation. So that is one solution. Unfortunately, we are not working with 10.3 yet. As a temporary solution we are using the python script to launch a model which includes the batch job and other custom tools. We are still testing it out now, but I'd defnitiely be interested in seeing the createjobsbasedonFC.py file if you have it available. Thanks!