Background Process Status

This utility allows you to view the status of processes that are running in the background. This typically means either reports or utilities that have been submitted via a favorite to run on the PCATS at a specified time.

To access the utility and view the status of processes:

From the Application Function Bar, select Utilities > Favorites > Background Process Status.
When the utility page displays, the User field defaults to the user code that you are logged in as. The processes created by you are shown.

To change the user code:

From the User drop-down list, select a user ID.
Click the Retrieve button to view the status of background processes for this user.

With each request, you can choose from the options below. To execute any option, select the row that you want to perform the action on, and press the corresponding button on the Function Banner.

Button	Button Label	Description
	Delete	Deletes the item from the queue. Caution should be taken when using this button.
	On Hold	Place the process into "on hold" status. This is only possible for jobs that have not yet begun executing but are scheduled for a future date.
	Waiting	Return a process from "on hold" status to "waiting" status.
	Show XML	This shows the text of the request that was originally submitted to the Emplifi Agent Server for this job. This is not something that users will generally need to view.
	Retrieve	Refreshes the data.

Table Fields

The following columns appear in the table for each row:

Field	Description
User Code	User ID of the user running the background process.
Favorite ID / Task Name	The name of the favorite or task to which this task pertains.
Process ID	A system assigned process ID.
Status	Current status of the job. See descriptions above.
Queue ID	Name of the report queue.
Report	Name of the base report that generated this process.
Planned Run	When the job was supposed to begin processing.
Started Run	When the job actually began processing.
Next Run	When the job is next scheduled to process (for recurring jobs).
Description	A description of the favorite used to create this job.
Report Result Type	The output type of the report.