Job Actions Overview
Theme: Overview | Who is it for? Operations staff who monitor and control individual jobs in the daily queue
What Is It?
Job actions let you view job configuration, status history, output logs, and dependency maps — and change job status, add jobs to running schedules, or delete jobs from the queue.
When would you use this section?
- A job has failed and you need to review its output and restart it
- You need to view a job's dependency chain before making changes
- You want to add a job to a schedule that is already running today
- You need to change a job's status (Hold, Release, Skip, Cancel, Force Finish, etc.)
What is in this section?
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| View Job Configuration | Review the current job settings from within Operations |
| Access Job Summary | Quick summary of a job's current status and last run |
| Use PERT View | Visualize the full dependency graph for a job |
| View Job Output | Access the real-time and historical output for a completed or running job |
| Access Job Executions History | Review the execution history for a job across multiple dates |
| Perform Job Status Changes | Change job status — Hold, Release, Skip, Cancel, Restart, and more |
| Daily Job Definition | View and edit the daily instance of a job's definition |
| Add Jobs to Daily Schedules | Insert a new job into a schedule that is already running |
| Delete Schedules and Jobs | Remove a job or schedule from the daily queue |
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dependency (Job Dependency) | A condition that must be met before a job is allowed to start. OpCon supports job dependencies, threshold dependencies, resource dependencies, and expression dependencies. |
| Job | A task or activity defined in OpCon, such as running a program on a remote machine, transferring files, or running a sub-schedule. |
| Role | A named collection of privileges that can be assigned to one or more user accounts. Users in a role inherit all of that role's privileges. |
| Schedule | A named group of jobs in OpCon that represents a business process. Schedules are built each day based on their defined frequencies and calendars. |
| Solution Manager (SM) | The browser-based web interface for OpCon. Provides access to operations, self-service, vision dashboards, and configuration. |
FAQs
Q: What job statuses can I set from Job Actions?
You can Hold, Release, Skip, Cancel, Restart, and Force Finish a job. See Perform Job Status Changes for the full list and required privileges.
Q: Who can perform job actions?
Operations staff and administrators with the appropriate role privileges. Review access and role requirements with your OpCon system administrator before making changes.