Jobs

Use this screen to create and modify jobs for which you manage the Costpoint web functions (reports, computations, and processes) to be run, and for which you make the sequence and timing decisions.

You must first set up a job in this screen before you can submit it for execution.

When should I use this screen?

For each report, computation, and/or process you associate with a job in this screen, however, you must already have saved parameters in each individual Costpoint web function screen. Once the parameters are saved, you can use them in any job.

To optionally associate a job ID from this screen with a specific job group, you must already have established job groups in the Job Groups screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

FAQs

Selection Parameters

Create and save the screen selection parameters to be used in the individual computation, process, or report application(s).

Job Groups screen (Optional)

If you want to organize your jobs into groups (for organizational purposes only), you should first create job groups in this screen.

Jobs screen

Set up the details of the specific job in the Jobs screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management), including the name, description, and the desired behavior of the job if an application task fails.

You must also enter one or more application tasks to be executed in the job as well as the parameter ID for each specific task.

Submit Job to Queue screen

Use the Submit Job to Queue screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management) to select the timing parameters and specify the queue.

Click on the Submit to Queue pushbutton.

Job Report screen

Print this report (Administration\Review\Job Management) to review the jobs you have created in Costpoint web. This report lists the parameter ID(s) and sequential application(s) associated with each job.

Monitor Job Status screen

Use this screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management) to view the job information and the status of jobs scheduled for a specific job queue.

Note: You can only make edits to submitted jobs in this screen.

Update Job Queue List Status screen

Use this screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management) to make a queue active or inactive on the job server and to allow a new queue to be recognized when the job server is already running.

Print/Purge Job History screen

Use this screen (Administration\Utilities\Job Management) to print and/or purge the history of jobs that have been previously executed on the job server.

Process and Report Status Inquiry screen

Use the Process and Report Status Inquiry screen (Administration\Review\Job Management) to view job status by application.

Job Queues screen

The system administrator will normally create the job queues for jobs to run in and can manage them all from this screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management) based on the display of queue status and specific job information.

Start/Stop Job Server screen

The system administrator will normally manage the job server operation from this screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management) via the Start, Stop, and Reset pushbuttons and the Daily Shutdown Time and Daily Restart Time fields.

You can also control job queue activation/deactivation from this screen.

Field Descriptions

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create the job ID, its description, and optionally assign a job group.

Enter up to 12 alphanumeric characters to assign a unique identifier for the job ID.

Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters to provide a description for the job ID.

For an existing job, you can edit the data in this field as required.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, an optional job group to associate with this job ID.

The system will validate your entry in this field against job groups previously set up in the Job Groups screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

Details

Use the fields in this block to specify the desired action in the event of an application failure, to add comments, and to view creation and modification data regarding the creation of and edits to the job data.

On Application Failure

Use the fields in this group box to specify the desired action if an entry or step in the job fails during execution on the job server.

Select this radio button to automatically use the default system action for the application, as follows:

The system will halt the job in the event of failure in a computation/posting application.
The system will continue the job in the event of failure in a report application.

This radio button is selected by default.

Select this radio button if you want the job server to automatically stop executing the job if a step in the job fails. The system will perform this action for a computation, process, and/or report.

Select this radio button if you want the job server to automatically continue executing the job if a step in the job fails. The system will perform this action for a computation, process, and/or report.

Enter up to 254 alphanumeric characters of optional comments about the job, as desired.

Modification Information

Use the fields in this group box to view information about the creation of and edits to the job data.

The system displays the user ID of the individual who initially saved the process in this non-editable field.

If this is a new job, the system will insert your user ID in this field.

The system displays the initial job creation date and time in this non-editable field.

The information in this field is never updated after the first save.

The system displays the last date and time that the job was modified in this non-editable field.

The system will generate new data for this field each time the job is modified and saved after its initial creation.

Job Operations

Use the fields in this table window block to assign the sequence and details of the specific application(s), parameter ID(s), report(s), and/or process(es) to the job.

The system uses this field to order the entries in the table.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the two-character designation for the Costpoint client/server module associated with the application function. For example, "AP" is the Costpoint client/server module designation for the Cash Requirements Report.

(The system automatically displays the module abbreviation and full name in the Lookup window. If you have already entered data in the Application field, Lookup will only display the module ID for the entered application.)

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the technical application designation for the calculation, process, or report associated with the row. For example, "APRCASH" is the Costpoint technical application designation for the Cash Requirements Report.

(The system automatically displays the application technical ID, the application menu name, and the module ID in the Lookup window. The Lookup is filtered on the Application field.)

The system automatically displays the application name associated with the ID from the Application field in this non-editable field.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, up to 15 alphanumeric characters to identify the parameters previously saved for the report, computation, or posting function. You can use Lookup to review the available parameters IDs.

(The system automatically displays the parameter ID, the parameter name, and the application technical ID in the Lookup window. The Lookup is filtered on the Module and Application fields.)

The system automatically displays the parameter description associated with the ID from the Parameter field in this non-editable field.

If the Costpoint function to be launched is a process or computation, enter or use Lookup to select up to 30 alphanumeric characters to designate it using the parameters associated with the Parameter field.

If the Costpoint function to be launched is a report, enter or use Lookup to select up to 30 alphanumeric characters to designate it using the parameters associated with the Parameter field.

Table Information

The following tables store data and/or the settings from this screen or are accessed during Lookup: