Monitoring Running Tasks

You can use the Running Tasks feature to view and terminate running tasks. You can filter running tasks by application server, user, task performed, and task status.

Note:

Only the user who starts a task or a user assigned to the Administrator role can terminate a task that is running.

You can view and terminate these tasks:

You can filter the running tasks by these task status types:

  To monitor and stop running tasks:

  1. Select Administration, then Running Tasks.

    You must have an application open for the Running Tasks link to be available.

  2. Optional: For Server Selection, enter the server name to filter by application server.

    If you leave the Server Selection box blank, tasks running on all servers are listed.

  3. Optional: Set filter options:

    • From the User Selection list, select the user to monitor, or select All to view running tasks for all users.

    • From the Task Filter list, select the task to monitor, or select All to view all running tasks.

    • From the Status Filter list, select the status type to monitor, or select All to monitor all status types.

  4. Click View.

    The tasks that meet the filtering criteria are displayed.

  5. In the Stop Task column, click Stop button next to the task to stop.

    Note:

    Click Information button in the Log column of the list to view the log file for a completed task.

    By default, running tasks remain in the database for 900 seconds (15 minutes). You can change the default by modifying the AutoClearDeadTasksAfterSeconds registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hyperion Solutions\Hyperion Financial Management\Server\Running Tasks registry location. The minimum value for the registry key is 720 seconds (12 minutes); the maximum value is 864,000 seconds (10 days).