The example presented below is the QCG-Broker Job Profile describing the parameter-sweep experiment executing a set of UNIX calendar tasks for the predefined space of "month" parameter.

<qcgJob appId="calendar_example">
        <task persistent="true" taskId="calendar">
                <execution type="single">
                        <executable>
                                <execFile>
                                        <file>
                                                <location type="URL">file:////usr/bin/cal</location>
                                        </file>
                                </execFile>
                        </executable>
                        <arguments>
                                <value>${PS_month}</value>
                                <value>2010</value>
                        </arguments>
                        <stdout>
                                <file>
                                        <location type="URL">${TASK_DIR}/stdout.txt</location>
                                </file>
                        </stdout>
                </execution>
                <parametersSweep>
                        <parameter>
                                <name>month</name>
                                <value>
                                        <loop>
                                                <start>1</start>
                                                <end>12</end>
                                                <step>1</step>
                                                <except>
                                                        <value>3</value>
                                                        <value>6</value>
                                                </except>
                                        </loop>
                                </value>
                        </parameter>
                </parametersSweep>
        </task>
</qcgJob>