Submit Job to Queue

You can execute the job immediately, schedule it to execute at a future time and date, or place the job on hold. If you hold the job, it is submitted to the queue but does not execute until you change the status to "Scheduled" in the Monitor Job Status screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management) or the Job Queues screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management). You can also specify whether the process should recur after a specific number of hours, days, weeks, or months.

This screen consists of two sections, Job and Job Parameters, that display simultaneously, and function as follows:

When should I use this screen?

Before you can use this screen, you must first have set up jobs in the Jobs screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

Your system administrator should already have set up queues in the Job Queues 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 the Job Groups screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

Jobs screen

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

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

Run the job report from this screen 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 the Monitor Job Status 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 the Update Job Queue List Status 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.

Process and Report Status Inquiry screen

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

Print/Purge Job History screen

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

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.

Job queue activation/deactivation can also be controlled from this screen.

Field Descriptions

Job

Use the fields in this block to select the specific job, the queue, the timing parameters, and to activate the "Submit To Queue" function.

Identification

Use Query to select a job. You cannot edit this field.

The non-editable field to the right of the Job field automatically displays the description you assigned to this job in the Jobs screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the job queue for this job.

Queues are established by the system administrator in the Job Queues screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management).

Execute

Select an execution option from the drop-down box. You can select from the following options: "Now" "Hold for Release," and "Start Time/Date."

If you select the "Now" option, this job will execute as soon as you select the "Submit To Queue" pushbutton (if the job server is running).
If you select the "Start Time/Date" option, this job will execute at a future time and date. For this option, you must also specify an execution date and time in the Start Date and Start Time fields. [Reminder: the job server must be active for the specified future time and date before the job can execute.]
If you select the "Hold for Release" option, you can submit the job to the queue in this screen but you can delay the execution of the job in the Job Queues screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management) and in the Monitor Job Status screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management).

Enter, or use Calendar Lookup to select, the scheduled date on which to execute this job on the job server.

This field is available only if you have selected the select the "Start Time/Date" option from the Execution Option drop-down box.

If you enter data in this field or in the Start Time field, entry in both fields is required.

Enter the scheduled time at which to execute this job on the job server.

This field is available only if you have selected the "Start Time/Date" option from the Execution Option drop-down box.

Use the standard hh:mm:ss AM/PM format, where hh = hour, mm = minute, and ss = second.

If you enter data in this field OR in the Start Date field, entry in both fields is required.

Job Recurrence

Use the fields in this group box to select the timing/recurrence parameters of the job. These fields are optional, and should only be used in the event this job is to be set up as a recurring job.

If this is to be a recurring job, enter the number (of hours, days, weeks, or months), as appropriate, to specify when this job should recur after it has been initially executed on the job server.

Choose the frequency of recurrence in the drop-down box to the right of this field. Select "Hours," "Days," "Weeks," or "Months."

Enter, or use Calendar Lookup to select, the date at which the recurring job should end.

This field is available only for if you have selected the "Start Time/Date" option from the Execution Option drop-down box.

Enter the time at which the recurring job should end.

Use the standard hh:mm:ss AM/PM format, where hh = hour, mm = minute, and ss = second.

This non-editable text box displays the comments associated with the selected job.

The comments, as applicable, originate in the Jobs screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management) at the time of job setup.

Submit to Queue pushbutton

Select this pushbutton to submit the information in this screen to the job server.

If you selected the "Now" option from the Execution Option drop-down box in this screen, the job server will immediately execute the job (if the job server is active and idle).
If you selected the "Start Time/Date" option from the Execution Option drop-down box in this screen and entered data in the Start Date and Start Time fields, the job server will execute the job at that future time and date (if the job server is running).
If you selected the "Hold for Release" option from the Execution Option drop-down box in this screen, the job will not execute on the job server until you change the status to "Scheduled" in the Job Queues screen (Administration\Maintain\Job Management) or in the Monitor Job Status screen (Administration\Transactions\Job Management), (if the job server is running).

You must have rights to all of the Costpoint functions that make up the job. If you do not have full rights to the function, or the function has been set up with "read only" rights, the job will fail to execute on the job server.

Job Parameters

Use the non-editable fields in this table window to view the report details that were set up for the job, including the module, application, parameter ID, and process or report, as applicable.

The rows in this table window display in the same sequence that was established for the job in the Jobs screen (Administration\Maintain\Jobs).

This non-editable fields displays 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.