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You can check the status of a  SQL job and log the customized success or failure message of the job for the day in the Windows Event Viewer.

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 RUN_DATE FROM MSDB.DBO.SYSJOBHISTORY WHERE JOB_ID=
(SELECT JOB_ID FROM MSDB.DBO.SYSJOBS WHERE NAME=’S_000W’) AND
STEP_ID = 3 AND RUN_STATUS=1 AND
RUN_DATE=CONVERT(VARCHAR , GETDATE(), 112) ORDER BY RUN_DATE DESC)
BEGIN
EXEC XP_LOGEVENT 60000, ‘S_000W: DAILY JOB NOT COMPLETE’, ERROR
END
ELSE
BEGIN EXEC XP_LOGEVENT 60000, ‘S_000W: DAILY JOB COMPLETED’, INFORMATIONAL
END

Usage

–xp_logevent { error_number , ‘message’ } [ , ‘severity’ ]

For more information

—http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186244.aspx

Also check the uses RAISERROR

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