Monitoring Job Groups

A Job Group (JOBG) is a container for objects that helps you optimize their executions. The Job Group monitor is the list of objects contained in the group sorted by runID. It provides information about the current status and the progress of each Job. From this list, you can modify the properties of both the Job Group and of its tasks for the current execution of the group.

When a Job Group is executed its status turns to Active. The status of the individual objects is Registered as long as they are not executed and turns to Active as soon as they start. The Job Group monitor is available as long as the group remains in the Tasks list, also after it has ended. You can also use the to re-execute particular jobs. During the execution of a Job Group, the monitor is dynamic. It refreshes every 60 seconds to provide the latest information about the status of its jobs.

You can monitor any Job Group or Job within it that you are authorized to work with.

This page includes the following:

The columns on the list provide all the data that is relevant to understand the execution of the individual objects. This list describes the most important ones:

• Type

  C_HOSTG. It indicates that this Job is being process as part of a Job Group and that the Job Group is active.

• RunID

  Unique identifier assigned to the task upon execution.

• Status

  Status of this particular object. The status is Registered if the Job Group is already active but the Job cannot be processed yet due to the settings defined in the Allow <x> Maximum number of simultaneous executions of jobs within the group field (Defining the Attributes Page)

• User

  User who created the object. If ownership has been transferred, user who is currently in charge of this object. See Taking Over Ownership.

• Start Time

  Either the time at which an object has started or its estimated start time (if still in Registered status).

• Priority

  An Automic Automation system consists of the system Client 0 and up to 9999 user-defined Clients. The Automation Engine (Automic Automation's backend) processes all messages sent by those Clients with the Client priority determining the order in which they are processed. Processes from Clients of a higher priority are always given priority to Clients of a lower priority, regardless of the order in which the messages were originally sent. The First-In-First-Out principle applies when there are two Clients with the same priority. The message that arrives first is processed first.

  • Highest priority: 200

  • Lowest priority: 255

Note: To see more details about a particular task in the group, select it and click the Details button on the toolbar to open a pane on the right hand side of the page.

From the Job Group monitor you can modify some of the group settings and the properties of the Jobs that are still active. These changes affect that particular execution only. After the execution has ended, the original settings apply again. If you want those changes to be permanent, you have to change the Job Group definition.

To Modify the Definitions of the Job Group Object

1. Expand the Modify Group button. This automatically activates the edit mode.
2. Click Open Object or Open Object in New Window.
3. Modify the object definitions as required.

To Modify the Jobs in the Group

You can access all the options that are available for a job in the Job Group monitor as follows:

• From the toolbar, where the most used functions are available
• Right-clicking one or more Jobs on the table to display a context-menu containing all the functions