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Use this form to view or create tasks for a batch job. You can also view or create dependencies between batch tasks.

Note Note

You cannot change task information while the associated job is running or waiting to be run. You must change the batch status to Withhold before changing task information.


Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form. Depending on where you opened the form from, some controls may not be available.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

View a list of all batch tasks.

General tab

View and edit extended information about the selected batch task.

Update tab

View the latest information about the selected batch task.

Buttons

Upper pane

Button

Description

Open a form where you can set parameters for the task.

View the batch log, which contains messages generated when the task was run.

Refresh the information in the form.

Lower pane

Button

Description

Go to the task that the selected task is dependent on.

Fields

Field

Description

The status of the batch task.

Enter a description for the task.

Specify the company in which the task will run.

Select an application object for the task.

The description of the application object you selected.

Indicates whether the task has dependencies on other tasks.

Indicates whether the batch runs on the client or the server.

The batch group that this task belongs to.

Indicates the percentage of the task that is finished.

Date and time when the task was created.

Date and time that the task last started.

Date and time that the task last ended.

Type of dependency between the selected task and its parent tasks.

  • Select if all conditions must be met before moving on to the dependent task.

  • Select if any of the conditions can be met before moving on to the dependent task.

Status the selected task must have before a dependent task can be run.

Actual status of the task.

Indicates whether the task should be started automatically.

A developer-created task that runs only for a certain instance of a batch job.

Identification number for the task.

Select to ignore this task's status when determining whether the batch job failed.

Number of times to retry running the task before failing.

Identification for the batch server, in the format Instance@ServerName.

Indicates whether the job can be run only by the person who created it. This option can be used only for tasks that run on the client. Server tasks cannot be private.

User who ordered the batch.

User who ran the batch.

Number of times the task was retried.

Type of error encountered when running the task (if any).

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