Tag Search pane
The Tasks tab includes the views and tools to search for, monitor, and manage the tasks associated with the automated services. The Tasks tab includes the Task, History, and Debug tabs.
From the Header control area at the top, you can enter a search string to look for a specific task. You also have the option of toggling To Do Filter or My Task to show only tasks that have been specified as TO DO or tasks that have been started by the current user. The default for these options is off. The following property information and descriptions are provided for tasks:
- Task Name: The name of the task.
- To Do: Displays tasks marked as "To Do."
- Status: The status of the task.
- Scheduled Time: Scheduled start time for the task.
- Start Time: Actual start time of the task.
- Completion Time: Completion time of the task.
- Schedule Type: Shows a task beginning immediately or on a defined schedule.
- Task ID: Unique ID assigned to the task.
- Description: User-specified description of the task.
- Service: Service that began the task.
- Service Group: Service group to which the service belongs.
- Tags: Tags associated with the task.
- Submitted By: Name of the user who submitted the task.
- Submit Time: Time when the service was submitted.
- Schedule Interval: Interval between recurring tasks.
- Recurrence Time: Time when a recurring task is to start.
- Schedule Start Date: Date and time when the recurrent schedule becomes effective.
- Notes: User-specified text/message.
- Step Start Time: Start time of the long-running step or the time the task started waiting for input.
The Tag Search pane enables users to filter tasks that have been tagged.
Tags are organized into groups, such as Applications, Service Groups, and Task Statuses. Each group has one or more tags.
To use tags, click a tag name to see only tasks tagged with that name in the Tasks pane. Click the tag again to expose all tags in that group and all tasks that were filtered out.
In the Service Group and Task Status tag groups, you can only use one tag at a time.
You can click Organize Tags to create your own tag groups and then add tags to the groups. You can also add tags to the provided groups.
The Information area under the task window shows icons for all the steps associated with a task and the current status.
Tasks
The Tasks tab enables users to do the following:
- View tasks and use tags to filter them.
- View tasks associated with released services on the Tasks tab, archived tasks on the History tab, and tasks generated from a service in debug, test, or maintenance status on the Debug tab.
- Click Input Response to enter information required by a task in Waiting for Input status.
- Select a task, then click Show Details to see the details of the task.
- Click More Actions to see other actions available to manage tasks.
- Suspend Schedules: Prevents a scheduled task from starting at the scheduled time.
- Resume Schedules: Allows a suspended task to start at the scheduled time.
- Cancel Schedules: Clears all schedules from the task.
- Stop: Stops a task in the In Progress, Waiting for Input, or Long Running status.
- Forcibly Stop: Stops a task in the In Progress, Waiting for Input, or Long Running, In Progress (with Error), or In Progress (Terminating).
- Retry the Task from the Failed Step: Tries to run the selected task from the point of failure.
- Retry the Task from the Step After the Failed Step: Tries to rerun the selected task after previous try has also failed.
- Create Similar Request: Runs a task that was previously in the Failed, Canceled, or Completed status.
- Archive: Moves one or more tasks to the History view.
- Mark as "To Do": Adds a flag to the To Do column as a reminder that action is needed.
- Unmark "To Do": Removes a flag from the To Do column.
History
The History tab includes tasks that have been archived from the Tasks tab. You can select tasks, then click Remove to permanently delete tasks.
Debug
The Debug tab displays tasks that are tasks generated from a service in debug, test, or maintenance status. This tab is available to users with the Modify (or higher) role. The Debug tab has the same actions as available for the Tasks tab, but also includes an option "Remove" for removing a task from the list.