Working with the Tasks in the Schedule Monitor

The Schedule Monitor provides detailed information on the progress of the Schedule and of the executions of its tasks. It is available as soon as a Schedule has started. In addition to the toolbar buttons, selecting and right-clicking a task or opening the More button displays the list of functions available for that task. The status and the type of object determines which ones are available.

This topic provides a list and describes the most common functions. See Working with Tasks for a list of all the functions that are available to tasks. See also Available Functions Depending on the Task Status.

Go Immediately

Option that affects the task that you have selected in the Monitor and that is enabled or not depending on its status. It starts processing the task immediately. Tasks that have a Waiting status start as well. It also starts child tasks.

Reset Task

Option that affects the task that you have selected in the Monitor and that is enabled or not depending on its status. It sets the status of an ended task to its previous status (Waiting for Start Time).

See Example: Scheduling Tasks with Time and Calendar Conditions for an example of how and when to use this function.

Restart

Tasks can be started immediately regardless of their status, start time and conditions. If tasks that are Waiting for start time are started immediately, the next automatic start for this task takes place after the Schedule's period turnaround.

Cancel

Stops processing the task as well as all subordinated tasks that have not yet started

Note: Tasks that have already started continue running.

Ignore Queue Limit

Starts the task immediately.

Note: This option is relevant for tasks that are waiting to start because of missing queue slots (Waiting for Queue slot)

Open Monitor

If Workflows and Jobs are tasks in a Schedule, you can open their monitors from within this list.

In the case of Jobs, you can access their monitor provided the Schedule is active and there already exists a RunID for the job. If the Schedule is in any ENDED or ABENDED status, the Job Monitor is not available.

Open Report

Opens the Reports dialog with the details of the execution of the selected task.- See Reports and Working with the Reports Window.

Executions

Opens the list of executions associated to the task. See Execution Data.

Comments

Opens the Comments dialog. See Adding Comments.

Open Object

Opens the object in the Process Assembly perspective. This allows you to see its definitions and, if you have the necessary rights, to change its properties.

Properties

Opens a pane on the bottom half of the of the window displaying tabs with the properties of the selected task.

Bulk Operations

It is also possible to perform an action on several tasks at a time, provided their type and status allow it. Simply select the tasks and right-click to open the context-sensitive menu; it contains all the functions available for bulk-processing.