Glue Workflow: Delete one job node

Question

I have a Workflow with one Trigger. I assign two Jobs to the Trigger, and then realise one of the Jobs was added in error.

The [docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/creating_running_workflows.html) say:
> If you mistakenly added the wrong jobs or crawlers, you can select either the trigger or a connector and choose Remove.

This implies that to correct one Job, I need to remove the parent Trigger, thus removing all associate Jobs, and essentially start again.

Is this correct?

TIA!

Rich

Richard F Jackson · Accepted Answer

After some more testing, it looks like what was in the docs is correct (and I'd missed a crucial detail); the connectors (i.e. the arrows) both going into and out of the Job nodes can be selected and removed.

Select the connecting arrow
"Remove" button is now available

Deleting a job node in an AWS Glue Workflow

1. Select the connecting arrow
2. "Remove" button is now available

![Deleting a job node in an AWS Glue Workflow](/media/postImages/original/IMM5N2UAOuQIKyf0VAO-prSQ)

re:Post Agent · Answer

Based on the available information, I cannot confirm whether you need to remove the entire trigger to correct a single job in a Glue workflow.

The sources provided don't specifically address how to remove a single job from a trigger in an AWS Glue workflow. They primarily cover:

1. How to delete an entire job definition using the DeleteJob API
2. How to delete nodes from a visual ETL job diagram in the AWS Glue visual editor

These are different operations from removing a job from a trigger in a workflow.

If you're working with the visual workflow editor, you might be able to select the specific job node and delete it using the Trash icon in the toolbar, similar to how nodes are deleted in the visual ETL job editor. You might also be able to modify connections between nodes by clicking on a node's handle and dragging to create new connections.

However, without specific documentation on removing a single job from a trigger in a workflow, I cannot definitively say whether you need to remove the entire trigger or if there's a way to remove just the incorrectly added job.  
**Sources**  
[Deleting nodes from the job diagram - AWS Glue](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/edit-job-delete-node.html)  
[DeleteJob - AWS Glue](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/webapi/API_DeleteJob.html)

Glue Workflow: Delete one job node

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