Scheduling Overview

This window lists the jobs that are awaiting execution and those that have been run - . To open the Scheduling window, go to the Sample Management > Scheduling menu command.

Figure 1 - Example of the Scheduling window

The window contains two lists:

• Sampling Jobs – the queue of sampling jobs that are waiting to be run.
• Other Jobs – support jobs, such as importing files or exporting to a different server.

Both the lists have the following buttons and options:

• Search – type search criteria into the job number field then click Search to reduce the list to only those jobs answering to the criteria.
• Reset - click to remove all search criteria and display the full list.
• Remove – click to delete a selected job from the list.
• Move Backward – moves the selected job to 1 minute after the next job in the list.
• Move Forward – moves the selected job to 1 minute before the previous job in the list.
• View – select Active or Inactive.
• Refresh – click to update the lists.

Active

The Sampling Jobs > Active list contains those jobs that are waiting to be run.

Click the link in the Schedule column to open the Task Scheduling window for the job - .

Figure 2 - Example of the Task Scheduling window

This window contains the Recurrence Pattern dialog. Here you can change the recurrence settings, disable (delete) the task, or override the recurrence settings and start the task immediately.

In the Recurrence tab, click Change to open the dialog for access to the recurrence settings (go to Task Definition Properties for more information).

Inactive

1. To view the Inactive job-list, go to the Sampling Management > Scheduling menu command, click the down-arrow beside the View field and select Inactive.

The Inactive list contains all the jobs that have been run. The job status column indicates whether the job was completed or aborted by the system.

Note that a job may be aborted by the system for many reasons, for example the system may not be able to find the required number of panelists, or there may be a problem with the date or exclusion setup.

2. To view the report for a completed job, click the link in the Log Entry column for that job. The Task Log window opens - .



Figure 3 - Example of the Task Log for an aborted job

• The Definition tab holds the details of the job.
• If the job has been set up to recur then the Recurrence tab provides details of when etc. Click Change to change the recurrence settings (go to Setting Up Recurring Tasks for more information).
• The Parameters tab shows the job's parameters.
• The Instances tab shows the date and time of the task, and how the run progressed (see the figure above). If this is a recurring job then there may be more than one run listed in this tab. In this case click on the blue date/time link for a particular run to view the progress list for that run.
3. Click the Close button located in the upper right corner of the window to close the window and return to the Scheduling list.