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  • Default columns
  • Optional columns
  • Identifying task types
  • Manual tasks
  • Operation tasks
  • Automatic tasks
  • Learn more
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Understand the main table

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The main table displays jobs and tasks with the following information:

Job Viewer main table showing jobs and tasks
Job Viewer Main Table

Default columns

Type

  • Root Job: The top-level job in a hierarchy. Root jobs are triggered by manual execution, API calls, schedules, or events. A root job can have child jobs and tasks beneath it, but it has no parent job above it.
  • Child Job: A job that runs within another job (either a root job or another child job). Child jobs are sub-workflows that execute as part of a larger automation process. A child job can also be a parent job if it has its own child jobs or tasks beneath it in the hierarchy.
  • Task: An individual unit of work within a job that performs a specific function. Tasks are the smallest executable units and can be Manual (requiring user intervention), Operation (automated device operations), or Automatic (system-automated processes).

Status

For more information on what each state means, see Status Definitions.

Active States:

  • Scheduled (orange dot)
  • Running (blue dot)
  • Error (red dot)
  • Paused (yellow dot)

Finished States:

  • Canceled (black dot)
  • Complete (green dot)

Workflow

  • For jobs: The workflow name
  • For tasks: Parent job’s workflow name

Task Description

  • For jobs: ”—” (not applicable)
  • For tasks: Description of the task’s purpose

Elapsed Time

  • Format: “XdYhZmWs” (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • For running jobs/tasks: Time from start to current moment
  • For completed jobs/tasks: Total execution time

Start Time

  • Date and time when the job/task began
  • Displayed in your browser’s local timezone

End Time

  • Date and time when the job/task completed
  • Displayed in your browser’s local timezone
  • Empty for currently running jobs/tasks

Optional columns

You can add the following columns to the main table display:

Project

  • Shows the project containing the workflow
  • For tasks, shows parent job’s project

Job ID

  • Unique identifier for the job
  • For tasks: Shows parent job ID

Task Summary

  • Brief summary of the task’s purpose
  • Only applicable to tasks

Input/Output

  • JSON objects containing job/task data
  • Available for download

Identifying task types

Job Viewer displays three types of tasks:

Manual tasks

  • Purpose: Require user intervention
  • Identification: Type column shows “Task Manual”
  • Status: Often “Scheduled” or “Running” awaiting user action

Operation tasks

  • Purpose: Automated operations on network devices
  • Identification: Type column shows “Task Operation”
  • Status: Typically process automatically

Automatic tasks

  • Purpose: System-automated processes
  • Identification: Type column shows “Task Auto”
  • Status: Execute without user intervention

Learn more

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  • Terms and concepts
  • Job hierarchy