Job Run History Graph Report

The Job Run History Graph report provides an interactive graph of the exact runtime for each execution of selected jobs over a specified time range, based on historical job run data. With this graphic presentation you can clearly see executions with excessively long runtimes. In the graph that follows, we see that this job is typically running at about 7–8 seconds, but there are also regular spike times of double that, as well as a mysterious gap of practically no activity in the middle of the time span that we are looking at. Each vertical line in the graph is an execution.

 

Screenshot of the Job Run History Graph report

Move your cursor over the top end of a line to display run details for that single job run.

This report is similar to the Job End Time Graph in that it depicts every job execution. Both graphs show you when delays in executions occurred by showing you where the outliers were. One does it by depicting the time when executions ended and the other how long executions ran. For information, see Job End Time Graph Report.

The two graphs are also interactive in the same way to give you individual execution details as well as an overview of the trends.

Click anywhere on the graphic to open the Job Runs History Data Table that lists all the executions that are included in the graphic. That means all the executions that meet the configuration criteria in the configuration for the report, which you can view by selecting Edit from the report menu. For information, see Job Run History Data Table Report.

To zoom into a portion of the graph and better see the spikes and valleys of individual runs, click and drag over the area that you want to magnify. To return to the normal view, click the Reset zoom button floating in the upper right of the panel.

Screenshot of the Job Run History Graph report in zoom mode

Configuring the Report

You can configure this report to provide data for one or for more jobs. You should specify a data range of at least 30 days to get a meaningful set of data. The remaining configuration options are self-explanatory.

Working with the Report

Click the icon on the top right corner of the panel to open a menu with the configuration options:

  • Edit

    Opens the configuration dialog where you can edit the name, published status, and filter criteria used for the report. For each data source you can add as many criteria as you need to narrow down the scope of the report. Combinations of these criteria are evaluated as logical OR relationships.

  • Copy

    Creates a copy of the panel that you can then re-configure and adapt to your needs.

  • Move

    Moves the panel to a different page (dashboard).

  • Delete

    Deletes the panel.

  • Shorter/Taller

    Resizes the panel vertically.

  • Download

    Downloads the report in the format you choose: PDF, XLSX, XLS, RTF, CSV, ODT, ODS, DOCX, or PPTX.

  • Get Link

    Creates a link to the report that you can share with other users.

At the bottom of the report panel, you find a small toolbar with several icons that you can click for additional options for viewing and scheduling the report:

Partial screenshot of the action icons at the bottom of a graph report page

  • Refresh: Click the refresh icon to pull the latest data into your report.

  • Download: Click the download icon and select the format in which you want the report immediately downloaded onto your computer.

  • Schedule: Click the clock icon if you wan tot schedule the report to run automatically at specific times. In the Schedule Report to Run options, you can specify the date and times for the runs and repeat options. In addition, specify where the report should be sent and in what format in the Distribution options.

    In the following example, you see the Schedule [Report Name] dialog for the Trending Jobs Data Table report. The scheduling options are the same for all Insight reports that allow scheduling.

See also:

Web UI Reports