This screen is normally restricted to a system administrator for the purpose of starting, stopping, or disabling a job server in Costpoint web.
This screen consists of two blocks, Job Servers and Job Queues, that display simultaneously, and function as follows:
Use the fields in the Job Servers block to start, stop, or disable a job server.
Use the fields in the Job Queues table window block to activate one or more queues for the job server.
A job server must be started and attached to one or more active queues in this screen before jobs can be processed in a job server.
What steps should I follow to submit a job to the job server?
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 job behavior 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.
Which screens can I use to monitor and report on my jobs?
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.
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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.
Which job screens are normally the responsibility of a system administrator?
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.
Use the fields in this block to view the job server name, and status, the host name, and to optionally select the daily shutdown and startup times.
This non-editable field displays the server name. This is a predetermined name assigned to the BEA Weblogic server at installation.
You can click on the Notes icon at the end of the field to view server information that was perhaps optionally added during installation.
This non-editable field displays the host name. The is the name of the physical machine that hosts the BEA Weblogic server.
You can click on the Notes icon at the end of the field to view additional information about the host that may have optionally been added.
This non-editable field displays the current status of the job server.
The system displays "Not Running" if the job server is not currently running and "Running" if the job server is currently running.
Enter the scheduled time each day at which the job server should stop polling the database for the next scheduled job.
Use the standard hh:mm:ss AM/PM format, where hh = hour, mm = minute, and ss = second (HH:MM:SS AM or PM).
If you enter data in this field OR in the Daily Restart Time field, entry in both fields is required.
Enter the scheduled time each day at which the job server should restart polling the database for the next scheduled job.
Use the standard hh:mm:ss AM/PM format, where hh = hour, mm = minute, and ss = second (HH:MM:SS AM or PM).
If you enter data in this field OR in the Daily Shutdown Time field, entry in both fields is required.
Click on this pushbutton to start the job server.
Click on this pushbutton to stop the job server.
Click on this pushbutton to reset the job server (which detaches queues from the server).
Use the fields in this table window block to activate one or more queues for the job server.
This non-editable field displays all the available queues.
This non-editable checkbox displays whether this queue has been enabled to process jobs sequentially in the job server.
Select this checkbox to make this queue active for the server.
You can deselect this checkbox to make this queue inactive for the server, as desired.
This checkbox is deselected by default.
If the Active for Server checkbox has been modified in the screen, click on this pushbutton to save the queue's active status to the database (JOB_QUEUE_LIST table).
This screen accesses data from the following tables: JOB_SERVER (Job Server) and JOB_QUEUE_LIST (Job Queue List).
