VIEW ACTION AND REPORT STATUS

Use this screen to monitor the overall workload on the job server and view the status details of the jobs being processed. This screen is normally used by a system administrator; however, other users may also benefit from access to this screen since the application functionality enables status monitoring of each job submitted to the server, including reports, processes, and other jobs.

All data is on this screen is read-only, which can be filtered by application, starting and ending dates, job status, and execution method.

There are two versions of this screen:

After specifying your options, click on the toolbar to display the data in the Job Step Details table window.

Location

User

This field displays the logged-in user ID and is disabled.

Application

Use this field to enter, or use to select, an application with which you want to filter the inquiry data.

Execution Method

Use this drop-down list box to select an execution method with which you want to filter the inquiry data. The following options are available:

Starting Date

Use this field to enter, or use to select, a starting date with which you want to filter the inquiry data.

Ending Date

Use this field to enter, or use to select, an ending date with which you want to filter the inquiry data.

Job Status

Use this group box to further filter your inquiry by the status of the jobs submitted to the job server.

Scheduled

Select this check box to display all jobs that are have been submitted to the job server but will be processed at a specific date and time.

Active

Select this check box to display all jobs that are currently being processed by the job server and those that have not started.

Completed

Select this check box to display all jobs that have been processed successfully.

Failed

Select this check box to display all jobs that were not processed successfully due to an error.

Hold

Select this check box to display all scheduled jobs that have been postponed for a later date and time.

Suspended

Select this check box to display all active jobs that have been suspended.

Cancel Requested

Select this check box to display all scheduled jobs that are requested to be aborted.

User Cancelled

Select this check box to display all jobs that have been cancelled by a user.

Job Step Details

This table window displays the details of your inquiry based on your specifications in this screen. This table window populates when you click on the toolbar.

Application Name

This field displays the descriptive name of the application responsible for running this job step.

Report Name

If this application generates a report, this field displays the descriptive name for that report.

Action Name

If this application performs an action, this field displays the descriptive name for that action.

Submitting User

This field displays the user ID of the individual who submitted this job to the job server.

Company

This field displays the company ID with which the Submitting User is associated.

Execution Method

This field displays the execution method used by this application. The execution methods are:

Priority

This field displays the priority level for this job step. The job server determines which jobs should be processed first based on this priority level.

Restartable

This field displays Y if this job step can be restarted. Otherwise, this field displays N.

Status

This field displays the current status of this job step. The status of a job step can be one of the following:

Submitted Date/Time

This field displays the date and time on which this job step was submitted to the job server.

Detailed Status

This field displays more detailed information about the status of this job step.

Started Date/Time

This field displays the date and time on which this job step was started.

End Date/Time

This field displays the date and time on which this job step was processed successfully, aborted due to errors, or cancelled by a user.

Job Step

This field displays the sequence number of this job step within its associated job.

Percent Complete

This field displays the progress of this job step represented in percentage (%).

Cancelled By

This field displays the user ID of the individual who cancelled this job step.

Application Status 1

This field displays a detailed information about the application's progress in completing this job step.

Application Status 2

This field displays a additional information about the application's progress in completing this job step.

Report Status

If this job step generates a report, this field displays a detailed information about the application's progress in generating this report.

Job

This field displays the job ID associated with this job step.

Job Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this Job.

Job Queue

This field displays the job queue ID to which this job was submitted.

Job Sequence

This field displays the sequence number of this job within the Job Queue.

Retry Status

This field displays information about the attempt to restart this job step. This only applies to jobs sent in batch mode.

Retry Period

This field displays the time (in minutes) to elapse before retrying the process or report. This only applies to jobs sent in batch mode.

Total Number of Retries

This field displays the number of times this job step has been restarted due to errors. This only applies to jobs sent in batch mode.

Previous Retry Attempts

This field displays the number of times the job server attempted to restart this job step. This only applies to jobs sent in batch mode.

Last Retry Date/Time

This field displays the date and time on which this job step was restarted. This only applies to jobs sent in batch mode.

Cancel Job

Click this button to abort the currently selected job step.

Subtask

Subtask

Description

Restartable Job Details

Click this link to open the Restartable Job Details subtask and view the job sequence, step type, description, and start and end date/time details for each restartable job that failed or was cancelled by the user.

Scheduled Job History

Click this link to open the Scheduled Job History subtask and view the status of all operations that are scheduled within the current job.