Background jobs manager allows viewing and managing background jobs. Background jobs manager consists of two sections; filter and results.
Filter
Filter part defines the searching criteria to find needed jobs in the background jobs manager screen. Searching criteria are work type, date start, log text content, instance number and show.
Work Type
Specifies the type of a background job. When you click the arrow button, the background work type list will open up.
Date Start
Specifies the start date of a background job. Pick a time period from datetime picker that involves the start date of a background job you are searching for.
Log Text Content
Search term to filter by job execution log content.
Instance Number
Search by an instance number to see the jobs related to that workflow.
Show
Show section has five options for filtering background jobs depending on their states. Click any option to list the related jobs under the results section.
Results
Results section lists the background jobs regarding the filter criteria. Jobs are listed under the titles named work type, started at, completed at, duration, number and state.
Select to perform batch operation
Use this section to perform operations on all the listed jobs. There are two options to change job states:
- Set all to waiting, to change all job states to the waiting state.
- Set all to aborted, to change all job states to the aborted state.
Search
Use to find any background job in the listed background jobs.
Work Type
Type name of a job.
Started At
Start date of a job.
Completed At
Completion date of a job.
Duration
Time period of processing the job, which is the same as the difference between Started At and Completed At values.
State
Current state of a job. State features are:
State | Definition |
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Waiting describes the pending jobs. | |
Processing describes the currently continuing jobs. | |
Error describes the false jobs. | |
Completed describes the finished jobs. | |
Aborted describes the cancelled jobs. |
Clicking on colored job state button will open up the job details window. On this window you can change job states by clicking provided action buttons. See the Job Details for more information.
See below for several options provided on different jobs states.
State options for jobs in "Waiting" state:
State | Definition |
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Aborted | Changes job state to aborted. This job will be cancelled and will not be executed. |
State options for jobs in "Aborted" state:
State | Definition |
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Waiting | Changes job state to waiting. This job will be executed. |
State options for job in "Error" state:
State | Definition |
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Waiting | Changes job state to waiting. This job will be executed. |
Aborted | Changes job state to aborted. This job will be cancelled and will not be executed. |