For scheduled jobs, administrators can perform the following tasks:
View details for a job.
View and modify scheduling properties for one or more jobs.
Clone a job.
Delete a job.
For scheduled jobs waiting for an event, pending, or running administrators can cancel one or more of these jobs simultaneously.
For completed jobs administrators can perform the following tasks:
Retry one or more jobs
Delete one or more jobs
Open Document
Opens the output document. You can also choose the output document name to view the output document.
Print Document on Server
Displays the same printing properties as on Advanced Scheduling—Print. Configure print properties and choose OK to print the output document on the server.
Schedule
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property. Then choose OK to submit the job.
Delete
Deletes this job from Completed.
Table 4‑1 describes the available options in the categories in My Jobs and lists whether the option is available in the basic or advanced jobs view.
Table 4‑1 Options for job schedules
Option
Description
Basic
Advanced
Cancel
Cancels this job and moves it from Waiting for Event to Completed.
✓
Clone
Creates a copy of the job. Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property.
✓
Document Pages
Number of pages in the output document.
✓
Event Name
Name the user gives to the event that triggers job execution.
✓
✓
Event Parameter
Identifies the event criteria BIRT iHub uses to determine whether to trigger job execution. For example, if Event Type is FileEvent and Event Parameter is a file name, BIRT iHub executes the job when iHub detects that the file that Event Parameter specifies has been created.
✓
✓
Event Status
Status of the state between BIRT iHub and the event that triggers job execution. Possible states are:
Uninitialize
BIRT iHub did not start monitoring the system for the event.
Polling
While monitoring the system for event criteria that triggers job execution BIRT iHub has not found matching criteria.
Satisfied
BIRT iHub found matching event criteria and executed the job.
Expired
BIRT iHub did not find matching event criteria within the polling interval or a user canceled the job.
✓
✓
Event Type
Can be one of the following:
File Event
BIRT iHub runs the job when a file the user specifies is created.
Job Event
BIRT iHub runs the job when a job the user specifies succeeds or fails. The user specifies whether job event success or failure triggers execution of the job being scheduled.
Custom Event
BIRT iHub runs the job when a web service the user specifies returns a signal to BIRT iHub.
✓
✓
Executable Name
Name of the design being run.
✓
Finished
Date and time the job finished.
✓
✓
Job Name
By default, the name of the design being run. Alternatively, a job name the user specifies.
✓
✓
Next Run
Date and time the job runs next.
✓
Owner
The name of the user who submitted the job
✓
Priority
Job priority. The higher the number, the higher the priority.
✓
Properties
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property.
✓
Report Name
Name of the design being run.
✓
✓
Result
Succeeded or Failed.
✓
✓
Retry
Submits the job again, making no changes to any job property.
✓
Started
Date and time the job was started.
✓
✓
Submitted
Date and time the user submitted the job.
✓
✓
The following section describes the actions an administrator can perform in Advanced Jobs, for each job phase category.
Working with scheduled jobs
For a single job, point to the arrowhead icon next to a job name and select one of the following options:
Details
In Advanced Jobs, Details consists of the following categories:
Summary
Details about the following job components:
Job
Executable
Output document
Properties
Details about the following scheduled job properties:
Job
Executable
Schedule
Parameters
Output Document
Privileges
Notifications
Email Notification
Print
Properties
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property.
Clone
Creates a copy of this job. Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property.
Delete
Deletes this job from Schedules.
Select two or more jobs. Then, point to Act upon selected schedules and select one of the following options:
Properties
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties for the jobs you select. BIRT iHub displays only the properties that do not need to be unique to each job. For example, BIRT iHub does not show job name or output document name because these properties must remain unique for each job. Modify any scheduled job property that appears.
Delete
Deletes the jobs you select from Schedules.
Working with jobs waiting for an event
For a single job, point to the arrowhead icon next to the job name and select one of the following options:
Details
In Advanced Jobs, Details consists of the following categories:
Summary
Details about the following job components:
Job
Executable
Output document
Properties
Details about the following scheduled job properties:
Job
Executable
Schedule
Parameters
Output Document
Privileges
Notifications
Email Notification
Print
Cancel
Cancels this job and moves it from Waiting for Event to Completed.
For two or more jobs, select the jobs. Then, select Actions➛Cancel to cancel the jobs you select. BIRT iHub moves the jobs from Waiting for Event to Completed.
Working with pending jobs
The selectable options on Pending for a single job and for two or more jobs are the same options as on Waiting for Event.
Working with running jobs
The selectable options on Running for a single job and for two or more jobs are the same options as on Waiting for Event.
Working with completed jobs
For a single job that succeeds, point to the arrowhead icon next to the job name and select one of the following options:
Details
In Advanced Jobs, Details consists of the following categories:
Summary
Details about the following job components:
Job
Executable
Output document
Status
Details about the outcome of the completed job include the following information:
Results
Status
Properties
Details about the following scheduled job properties:
Job
Executable
Schedule
Parameters
Output Document
Privileges
Notifications
Email Notification
Print
Open Document
Opens the output document. You can also choose the output document name to view the output document.
Print Document on Server
Displays the same printing properties as on Advanced Scheduling—Print. Configure print properties and choose OK to print the output document on the server.
Schedule
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property. Then, choose OK to submit the job.
Delete
Deletes this job from Completed.
For a single job that fails, point to the arrowhead icon next to the job name and select one of the following options:
Details
Displays the same details as for a single job that succeeds.
Retry
Submits the job, making no changes to any job property.
Schedule
Displays Advanced Scheduling job properties. Modify any scheduled job property. Then, choose OK to submit the job.
Delete
Deletes this job from Completed.
For two or more jobs, select the jobs. Then, point to Actions and select one of the following options:
View details for a job.