Track the status of your Automation jobs to see if they are in progress or completed
Table of contents
Automation Job Status
Under this subsection, you can follow the Status of the Automation jobs you have run. The status could be one of the following:
- Queued: the job is waiting in a queue to be executed;
- In progress: The job is currently executing. You can check the Progress Percentage in the next column;
- Done: all system tasks have been completed. At this stage, the end results visible to the user might not be ready yet;
- Finished: The job is finished, including the end result visible to the user;
- Canceled: the job has been canceled by the user;
- Interrupted: it happens only when the server restarts. It will be prioritized on the next run. No action is needed from the user;
- Error: An error has happened, preventing this job from being executed. The number of errors will also be displayed in the last column;
- Paused: The user has paused the job. However, the planned action will continue until done, but the next action will be paused.
The Type column shows the type of the Automation job in action, which could be one of the following:
- ApplyFormula: refers to an "Apply Formula" automation job.
- DomainFromURL: refers to an "Extract Domain Names" automation job.
- RecordsOfInterest: refers to an "Extract Records of Interest" automation job.
- TransformIntoRef: refers to a "Transform Field into Ref" automation job.
- TransformRef: refers to a "Transform Ref Into Field" automation job.
- UpdateRecordsOfInterest: refers to an "Update Records of Interest" automation job.
💡 Keep in mind:
- The Job column shows the name of the Automation job in action that was given by the user when creating or editing the job;
- The Automation Planned and Automation Completed columns refer to the number of jobs that are planned and the ones that are completed;
- The Records Planned and Records Completed columns refer to the number of tasks that are planned and the ones that are completed;
- The #Errors column refers to the number of errors that occurred during the course of an automation job that was not properly completed.
Menu Actions
- In the menu of each job, you will find the Cancel action, which allows the user to cancel any job whether it's running or not;
- Pause/Resume: It will allow you to pause a job. This is useful when you have a higher-priority job that you need to run first. It will save server resources. You can resume the job when ready.
Table Actions
- Select Page length: Define how many jobs you want to see on one page. The default is 25;
- Refresh: to refresh the list (the list will auto-refresh unless you have this section opened in 2 tabs/windows/users and you are applying changes on the other one);
- Clean: to delete canceled or completed jobs;
- Show Completed: when enabled, the finished jobs will be displayed on the same list;
- Search Bar: search for any automation job within the list.