An example of the Scheduler screen is shown below.
Toolbar/Jobs menu
Quick access to some job categories are in the toolbar. The complete options are listed under the Jobs menu and while most are self-explanatory they are described below:
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
| Job Name Filter | Lists the jobs whose names match the filter supplied. This filter only works as an appended filter to the main filter selected under Jobs, e.g. first enter a filter for Job Name Filter or select a filter from the drop-down list; and then choose your main filter under Jobs—e.g. All Jobs, Scheduled Jobs, etc. |
| All jobs | Lists all jobs in the middle pane |
| Scheduled | Lists the jobs that are waiting to run or are on hold. |
| Run/Fail | Lists the jobs that are running and those that have failed. |
| My Jobs | Lists the jobs you have scheduled or have run. |
| Today | Lists the jobs you have scheduled for today. |
| Last 24 hours | Lists the jobs that have run or started to run during the last 24 hours. |
| Prior 24 hours | Lists the jobs that ran during the previous 24 hours. |
| This Weeks Jobs | Lists the jobs that have run or are scheduled to run during the current week |
| Last Weeks Jobs | Lists the jobs that ran during the last week. |
| Recent log entries | Displays the Audit and Scheduler log which details the audit trail information of a task/job. |
| Scheduler status | Lists all schedulers and displays their current status. The status is updated every few minutes, and a right menu option enables the polling of a scheduler for status, and the termination of a scheduler. |
Top pane
The top pane shows the details of the jobs. Information covers:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Job name | The name given to the job when created. |
| Status | The status of the job. Refer to the following section for the various status values. |
| Sequence | This is a unique number assigned to each job iteration and job. If you enter a new job, it acquires a new sequence number. In normal daily processing when no new jobs have been created, sequence numbers will be sequential. |
| Start and Finish times | The start and finish dates and times for the job. |
| Elapsed time | The time that elapses from start to finish of a job. |
| Ok | These are success messages written to the audit trail. |
| Info | Informational messages written to the audit trail about the running of the job. |
| Detail | Lines written to the detail or error logs. |
| Warn | The number of warnings written to the audit trail. |
| Error | The number of error messages written to the audit trail. |
| Who | The initials of the person who scheduled the job. |
Additional fields can be added via the Tools > Select Job Report Fields option.
Middle pane
The middle pane shows the tasks related to a selected job. Task information available includes:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Task | The object name. |
| Action | The action to be done to the object. |
| Status | Status of the task. |
| Sequence | This is a unique number assigned to each job iteration and job. If you enter a new job, it acquires a new sequence number. In normal daily processing when no new jobs have been created, sequence numbers will be sequential. |
| Start and Finish times | As the names suggest, the start and finish dates and times for the task |
| Elapsed time | The time that elapses from start to finish of a task. |
| Info | Informational messages written to the audit trail about the running of the job. |
| Detail | Lines written to the detail or error logs. |
| Warning | The number of warnings written to the audit trail. |
| Result | Result of the task. |
Additional fields can be added via the Tools > Select Task Report Fields option.
Bottom pane
The bottom pane shows the audit trail of a selected task/job. Audit trail information includes:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Task | The object name. |
| Status | The status of the message. |
| Sequence | This is a unique number assigned to each job iteration and job. If you enter a new job, it acquires a new sequence number. In normal daily processing when no new jobs have been created, sequence numbers will be sequential. |
| Timestamp | Time of message output. |
| Message | The message. |
| DB Message | Message from database. |
| Job | Job relating to this message. |