Jobs (JOBS) application
The Jobs (JOBS) application is used to view and manage your output and report jobs. Users with the role Output administrator can also monitor all Output jobs and Recurring report jobs.
There are multiple ways to navigate to the Jobs (JOBS) application:
From the RamBase menu, click on Admin, then select Print/email administration and then Jobs.
From the RamBase menu, click on Admin, then select Reports and then Jobs.
Tabs
The application is divided into four tabs; My output jobs, All output jobs, My report jobs and Recurring jobs. The functionality of the tabs is similar across all of them. The columns are explained in the My output jobs section, and distinct functionality is explained in each section describing the tabs.
My output jobs
This tab is available to all users and is for checking your output jobs. Notable functionality is located in the Download column where an attached document can be downloaded, and in the right most column, where an output job can be canceled or repeated.
Field | Icon | Description |
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St |
| Displays information on the output job in RamBase.
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Xst |
| Displays information on the external handling of the output job. Examples of this can be printing. An output job with Status 8 - Waiting for external handling and Xst in status 2 - On hold, will indicate that the output job was outputted correctly from RamBase, but failed in the external printing. Further information can be found in the Message column.
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Job id | Displays the output job identifier. | |
Name | Displays the name of the output job. Examples of this can be "Extract menu data to excel", "Picking list #1234 by email" etc. | |
Document type | Displays information on the type of document being outputted. Examples can be "Reports", "GoodsReception", "ProductionWorkOrder" etc. | |
| Clicking the Download icon will locally download the file. The icon will indicate the file type. | |
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Document |
| Will display information on the document being outputted: System:Application/Document Identifier Click the View icon to open the document in the application it is being outputted from. |
Destination |
| Displays where the output job is being outputted to. The Print icon indicates that the output job is being sent to a printer. Note the status in the Xst column. |
| Displays where the output job is being outputted to. The Email icon indicates that the output job is being sent to an email address. The icon will be followed by the recipient of the output job. | |
Message | Displays information on the output job. Examples of this can be issues with the external print job, issues with a report being outputted etc. | |
Created by |
| Displays information on what has started the output job. This can be Personnel (PER), in which case the name of employee will be displayed, or an output job triggered by an output interval set in an application. Click the View icon to open the application where the output was triggered from. |
Created | Displays when the output job was created in date and time. | |
Start | Displays when the output job was started in date and time. | |
End | Displays when the output job was ended in date and time. | |
Print connector | Displays the name of the Print connector (PCR) handling the output job. Click the View icon to open the Print connector (PCR) application to view details. Note that the permissions required to view these details are usually assigned to system administrators. | |
Output design | Displays the name of Output design (OPD) selected for the output job. Click the View icon to open the Output design (OPD) application | |
Output setting |
| Click the Link icon to open the Select output (OOS) application where, depending on the users permissions, the outputs of the various RamBase applications are specified in terms of design and content. |
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All output jobs
The All output jobs tab will list all output jobs for all users. The functionality is the same as the My output jobs. For column and icon descriptions refer to the My output jobs section.
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Users with the role Output administrator can monitor the All output jobs tab.
My report jobs
The My report jobs will list all report jobs sent as either a print or email output. The output jobs can quickly be filtered by selecting the predefined filters Exclude recurring jobs or Show only recurring jobs. Status for the report output job can be viewed in the St column. The functionality is similar to the My output jobs tab without the option of repeating or canceling a report job.
Recurring report jobs
The Recurring report jobs tab lists all report jobs that are set on an interval.
The Recurring report jobs tab is used to quickly identify that only wanted report jobs are running. Verifying that only wanted report jobs are running, will allow the system to run as efficiently as possible. It is also useful to manage the company information being exported.
Select a report job and press ENTER or click the Arrow icon to open the Report queue (RPQ) application to view or edit details. A relevant option here is the Interval which can be found in the Schedule setup area in the Report queue (RPQ) application.
Note
Report jobs that are activated by users without the required permissions, or by users that have been deactivated, will automatically be set in Status 6 - Unscheduled by system.
Users with the role Output administrator can monitor the Recurring report jobs tab.