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You can organize and view more specific information in the the Job History tab tab

To sort the information available on the job events list, click the header of any column and SQL Enterprise Job Manager orders the information according to the selected column. For example, click click Duration to  to sort jobs by the duration time.

You can use the View By drop-down options on the left side of this tab to specify if you want to view your job history by day, week or month. Alternatively, you can use the calendar in Date to select a specific date for which you want to view your job history. 

If you want to view more specific information, go to the filters section on the left side of the the Job History tab  tab and use the filters available there. You can filter your information by:

  • Status - filter according to your jobs status: Failed, Successful, Retry, Canceled, SucceededIn Progress, Retry, or Unknown.  
  • Instance -

    type

    select those instances whose jobs you want to see

    . Click the respective icons Image Removed Image Removed to add or remove an instance. To easily identify your instance names, you can use wildcard characters such as: %, _, [ ], [^], for example, type %dev% and all instances that contain the word "dev" will be included for filtering

  • Job name -

    type

    select the names of the jobs for which you want to view their historical information.

      Click the respective icons Image Removed Image Removed to add or remove jobs. To easily identify your job names, you can use wildcard characters such as: %, _, [ ], [^], for example, type %backup% and all jobs that contain the word "backup" will be included for filtering.   

  • Duration - type or Duration - use the time slider to define the interval of duration job time for which you want to see the job history
Note

If your Job name has [ ] characters, replace them with the underscore "_" character so that SQL Enterprise Job Manager does not take them as wildcards and the alert rule is triggered correctly.

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Tip

When using filters take into account:

  • Some filters have the option to Add Filter in case the information you are looking for is not listed. Once you click on Add Filter, a dialog box appears. Type the name you are looking for on the Search bar, then select it from the list, and Save. Your filter will be included under the filter list where you Added.
  • Click the respective checkbox to add or remove your selections.
  • If you want to select filters first and apply the changes later, deselect the Apply Filter Instantly option
Tip
You can unselect the option Apply filter as it changes to make all your filter selections first and have your information changed when you finish
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How do you save filters? 

You can save your preferred filtering options by typing a name in Filter Name and clicking in the Add Filter wizard of the Custom Filter section, and click Save. Once you save your filter, you can retrieve it by selecting the respective name from the it from the drop-down filters options available at the top of the filter sectionbottom of the Custom Filter option available in the left side under the Filter Table By section

How do you remove filters?

You can remove filters by following these options:

  • Use the specific Remove Clear Filter option in each filter. For example, if you want to remove your status filters, click Remove Filter under the same filter section or click the remove icon Image Removed next to the Instance or Job Name filter. Clear Filter.
  • Under Applied filters on Under FILTERED BY on the top section or your your Job History tab tab, you can see those the filters that you have selected, click the X icon next to the ones you want to remove.
  • Use the option Clear All Filters on the top section of the Filter Table By to remove all filters. 

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