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Schedule - Monitor

A Schedule Monitor is available as long as the Schedule object remains in the Activity Window. You can define in the Settings of the UserInterface whether it should open automatically when the object is activated. The monitor display informs about the status of specified tasks. Start times of tasks and other settings (Modifications to active Schedule objects ) can be modified.

A Schedule object's monitor is available even if the Schedule object has already ended. The status of the Schedule object and its tasks are saved for the statistics. Doing so facilitates subsequent analyses of particular executions via Details, Statistics and Reports. You can also use the monitor view in order to reexecute particular tasks.

The Schedule Monitor basically looks the same during and after execution. The Schedule object is displayed as defined in its Schedule tab.

Each task that should be started is displayed in one table line. Tasks are sorted by start times. Tasks of the same start time are additionally sorted by names.

Start time
A clock symbol is displayed at the beginning of each table line. If this symbol is displayed in gray, it signals that the task is inactive. Then the start time is shown which is composed of the specified period and the starting time in a 24-hour format.
Conditions
This column informs about task properties that influence its start. These properties can be specified in the Schedule tab of the object (to be called through the context menu). If conditions or dependencies have been specified, the corresponding abbreviations are shown in this column:

A - The task has been set inactive (Start time tab).
C - A calendar condition has been set (Calendar tab).
S - The object uses a Sync object. Note that dependencies to Sync objects are not specified in the Schedule object itself. They are defined in the "Sync" tab of the respective object.
T - Runtime monitoring has been defined (Runtime tab).
R - A reaction to the end status of a task has been defined (Result tab).

Name, type and RunID
The task's name, object type and last RunID are provided in the following columns.
Tasks with a small red edge being displayed together with the RunID include a comment.
Status
Here, the task status is shown with a colored symbol and the corresponding status text.
Next check
This columns shows the time and date on which the system will check if the task should be started.
Next start time
The last column shows the time and date on which the task will presumably be executed. This point in time depends on the period that has been specified in the task ((Start time tab) and the defined calendar conditions.
"CALE_LOOK_AHEAD_MAX" is displayed if the calculated start time lies beyond the period that the administrator has defined in the variable UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS. This information is also displayed if the calendar keyword is no longer valid (validity period of static keywords) or no longer available (has been deleted or renamed).The task switches its status to "FAULT_OTHER - Start impossible. Other error." in such a case.
To update the column "Next start time", right-click a task in "Modify Schedule" and select the option Recalculate next start time . This is especially useful if a calendar that is used in one of the tasks has been changed.

A context-menu command is available which you can use to calculate the next start time if calendar conditions have been changed.

Schedule Monitor During Execution

During execution, the Schedule Monitor is dynamic.

Some task properties can be modified. These changes are valid until the Schedule object ends. If the Schedule object is restarted, the original settings apply again.

The following table provides an overview of how the current task status and the particular modification correlate.

Modification	Task Status	Result
Set start time ahead	Task waits for start time	Task starts at the new start time.
Set start time back	Task waits for start time	Task starts at the new start time. If this new start time lies ahead of the current time, the task obtains the status "ENDED_TIMEOUT - Start time exceeded".
Reset start time back or forward	Task is already finished (any end status)	Task will only start at the new start time after the Schedule object's periodic turnaround.
Set active	Task waits for start time	The task starts at the defined start time.
Set inactive	Task waits for start time	The task obtains the status "ENDED_INACTIVE" at the start time and is not executed.
Settings for runtime supervision	Task waits for start time	Task starts with new setting for runtime supervision.
Settings for runtime supervision	Task is already finished (any end status)	Task will only start with new setting for runtime supervision after the periodic turnaround of the Schedule object.

Tasks can also be started immediately, regardless of their current status, start time and conditions. If tasks with the status "Waiting for start time" are started immediately, the next automatic start for this task is made after the Schedule object's periodic turnaround.

Restarting tasks is also possible in the monitor display of the Schedule object. Parameters and/or test options for the restart can be set in a dialog box.
See: Executing with options

You can also call the monitors of the Schedule object's tasks that have a monitor view of their own (for example, workflows or groups). The tasks must being executed at this time.

You can call the details of each task; you can edit tasks, and their statistics and reports; and you can call Schedule objects. By using the monitor's context menu, you can also start and stop Schedule objects.

Calling the Monitor
Automatically	The monitor of a Schedule object can be displayed while the Schedule object is executed. You can select this option in the UserInterface settings.
Right-click Schedule in the Activity Window	Select Monitor in the context menu.
Right-click Schedule in the Activity Window	In order to view the monitor of super-ordinate Schedule object, click Monitor Parent in the context menu.

Schedule Monitor After Execution

The monitor is static after the execution.

Statistics and reports are available for Schedule objects as well as for all individual tasks. A task's details and properties can also be viewed. Properties cannot be changed and are write-protected.

You can also open the monitors of particular tasks of the Schedule object that have their own monitors (for example, workflows or groups). Tasks can also be started with options by using the context-menu command Restart....

Calling the Monitor
Right-click the line of the schedule task in the statistic view.	Select Monitor in the context menu.