Overview of Import Queues

The Manage Imports page of the Import Queue tab shows the following four types of import queues as infotiles:

  • All Imports: This infotile displays the count of active, completed, and unsuccessful imports submitted by all users. Click on this infotile to see a list of all import jobs.

  • Active Imports: This infotile displays the count of all import jobs submitted that are either in progress or in queued status. Click on this infotile to see a list of active import jobs.

  • My Completed Imports: This infotile displays the count of imports submitted by the current user that are completed (either successful or failed with warnings or errors). Click on this infotile to see a list of completed import jobs created by the current user.

  • Unsuccessful Imports: This infotile displays the count of unsuccessful imports submitted by all users. Click on this infotile to see a list of unsuccessful import jobs. These are the imports which couldn't complete because of application error in the import flow.

Import Activities Details

Click on the infotiles to see the following details about the import job:

Column

Description

Name

The name of the import job.

File Name

The name of the source file.

Object

The object imported.

Status

The status of the import job. For more information about the statuses, see the topic How You Monitor Your Import Activities in the related topics section.

Cancel Job

Click the close icon to cancel an active import, if it's running for a long time. Only the user who submitted the import job or an administrator can cancel the job. Once you cancel an import job, you can't restart or resume it.

Canceling the import job commits the data processed till that point and leaves the application in a clean state. A partial import may occur depending on the actual stage of the import, when the cancel option is selected. You can manually generate the reports for any processed records from the import status page.

Note: You can't cancel a high-volume import job.

Estimated Completion Time

The date and time when the import job is expected to be completed.

Start Time

The start date and time of the import.

Next Scheduled Date

The date and time when the import job is scheduled to run.

End Time

The end date and time of the import.

Submitted By

The user who submitted the import.

Rank

The rank associated with the paused job. The job with the highest rank is executed from the job queue. Possible values are integers such as 1, 2, and so on with 1 being the highest.

You can filter the list by clicking on any of these columns.