Job Log Inquiry
The Job Log Inquiry screen allows you to inquire on the logs of jobs that have completed. Whether or not a log is produced for a job will depend on what was specified for the job when it was first submitted.
Column definitions
- Job Name - the name of the job.
- Source - this will always be JDPSubsystemMgr.
- Type - the type of job. Either Auto Start, On Demand, One Time, Recurring or Triggered.
- User - the user that submitted the job or the process name if the job was system generated.
- Computer - the domain name or IP address that this job ran on. Presently this will always be the machine that JDesignerPro is installed on.
- Queued - the date/time that the job was queued.
- Job Queue - the job queue to which the job was submitted.
- Subsystem - the subsystem that ran the job.
- Job Number - the unique job number assigned to this job.
- Started - the date/time that the job started running.
- Completed - the date/time that the job completed.
- Duration - the total time for which the job ran.
- Status - the completion status (either Complete or Incomplete).
- Notified - the user who was notified when the job completed.
- Notified Via - the method used to notify the user.
- Job Log - the detailed output that was produced by the job and the Enterprise Server during the execution of the job including details of why the job may have ended abnormally. If the Enterprise Server was terminated while the job was in progress the message 'Job ended when Enterprise Server was terminated.' will appear at the bottom of the job log.
Searching for a particular job
To search for a particular job or jobs use the search panel in the top left of the screen. Here you can search on any of the available job criteria using AND or OR to combine search criteria by using the appropriate search button.
Selecting display order of matching jobs
You may choose to display the jobs that match your search criteria in either Job Name/Started order or Started/Job Name order. Choose this from the pulldown just above the result list.
When displaying in Job Name/Started order click on the plus sign next to a Job Name to show a list of the dates that this job ran. Then click on the plus sign next to the desired day to show a list of the times that this job ran on that day. Click on the time to load the complete details for this job into the right hand portion of the screen.
When displaying in Started/Job Name order click on the plus sign next to a Date to show a list of the jobs that ran on this date. Then click on the plus sign next to the desired job to show a list of the times that this job ran on that day. Click on the time to load the complete details for this job into the right hand portion of the screen.
Purging the Job Log
There are two options for purging the job log. You may purge just the entries for the currently selected job or purge the entries for all jobs in the job log inquiry.
To purge the entries for a particular job select one of the entries for the desired job from the result list on the left hand side of the screen. Then press the 'Clear this Job from log' button. All entries for this job are now removed from the job log inquiry. Note that there is no confirmation dialog when removing job logs.
To purge the all the entries from the job log inquiry screen press the 'Clear complete log' button. All entries are now removed from the job log inquiry. Note that there is no confirmation dialog when removing job logs.