4.9.1 Jobs Details

This topic describes the about the information on controlling the jobs.

  1. On Home screen, type SMSJOBBR in the text box, and click Next.
    The Job Details screen is displayed.
  2. Specify any or all of the details corresponding to the message you want to retrieve.
    The system uses your specifications to as search criteria to query the database and retrieve the record as specified.
  3. On Job Details screen, click New and specify the details.
    For more information on fields, refer to the field description table.

    Table 4-13 Job Details - Field Description

    Field Description Attributes
    Job Name

    Click the Search icon and select the job name from the list.

    Alphanumeric; 100 Characters; Optional

    Trigger State
    Select the state of the job you want to search for from the option list provided. The available options are:
    • Not Scheduled
    • Scheduled
    • Paused
    • Complete
    • Error

    Optional

    Scheduler

    Click the Search icon and select the scheduler to which the job you want to search for has been assigned from the list.

    Alphanumeric; 100 Characters; Optional

    Job Group

    Click the Search icon and select the job group to which the job you want to search for belongs from the list.

    Alphanumeric; 200 Characters; Optional

    Next Fire Time

    Click the Search icon and select the next fire time to when the job is scheduled to be run next.

    Numeric; 22 Characters; Optional

  4. Click Search button to view the details related to the job. You can pause a job by selecting it and clicking the Pause button. You can resume a paused job by clicking Resume button and the job is scheduled for its next fire time.
    A job can take any of the following states:
    • COMPLETE - This indicates that the trigger does not have remaining fire-times in its schedule.
    • NORMAL - This indicates that the trigger is in the normal state
    • BLOCKED - A job trigger arrives at the blocked state when the job that it is associated with is a Stateful job and it is currently executing.
    • PAUSED - This indicates that the job is manually paused from executing.
    • ERROR - A job trigger arrives at the error state when the scheduler attempts to fire it, but cannot due to an error creating and executing its related job. Also, a job arrives at ERROR state when the associated class for the job is not present in class path.
  5. Click Save to save the record.