List of Scheduled Jobs¶

All scheduled jobs that you have defined appear on the View > Schedules and Alerts > Schedules tab. Typical users can see only the jobs that they have defined. Administrators can view the jobs defined by all users.

The view of the Schedules page has been improved with the newly added columns and updates to existing column names.

The Schedules page shows the following:

Figure 1 The Schedules Page

In the Schedules page, you can now do the following tasks:

Functionality	Description
Sort	You can sort any column except the Actions column in ascending or descending order. Hover on the column header and then click the sort icon to view the schedules in ascending or descending order.
Filter	You can filter to find information of the scheduled jobs of the report using the Add Filter button. Based on the selected filter settings, the Schedules page is refreshed without effecting the other filters on the page. Select the Reset filters to reset the Schedules page to the default filter values.
Data refresh	You can view the latest updated date and time of new schedules. Click the data refresh icon to refresh the scheduled job with the recent date and time.
Search	You can find a scheduled job by job name from the list of available or created schedule. Click the search icon to search by schedule job name. The search criteria show results for only those job names that match with the names available in the Job name/Description column.
Export	You can export the schedule jobs in CSV format. Click the export icon to download and view the report of all the scheduled jobs.

You can use the Schedules page's search field to find the scheduled job you want.

In the Status column, you can view the following job states:

Job States	Description
NORMAL	The job is scheduled. The status of this job state is displayed as ACTIVE on the UI.
EXECUTE	The server is generating the output. The status of this job state is displayed as RUNNING on the UI.
COMPLETE	The server has finished running the job and output is available in the repository.
PAUSED	The job has been disabled. Click the Pause/Activate toggle switch to resume the schedule. The status of this job state is displayed as PAUSED on the UI.
ERROR	The scheduler encountered an error while scheduling or triggering the job. This does not include cases where the job is successfully triggered, but an error occurs while it runs.
UNKNOWN	The scheduler encountered an error with the job trigger.

The Schedules page includes the following controls:

Schedule Page Controls	Description
	Pause/Activate toggle switch, when enabled, the job state is set to ACTIVE. When disabled, the job state is set to PAUSED.
	Edits the scheduled job.
	Deletes the scheduled job. When the server receives a request to delete a job that is running, the server completes running the job before deleting it.
	Restarts the job.
	Displays the previous instance of the search term.
	Displays the next instance of the search term.
	Displays the number of schedule records. By default, five rows per page are displayed. You can change the number of rows per page to 5, 10, 25, or 100. Based on your selection, records are displayed. The total count of records in the schedule job page is equivalent to the number of rows selected per page.

Viewing scheduled jobs for an individual report or dashboard¶

Scheduled jobs appear in the repository with the Schedule icon (beside the report or dashboard's name).

To view the list of scheduled jobs for a report or dashboard.

1. Locate the report or dashboard in the repository.
2. Click the Schedule icon or right-click the report or dashboard, and select Schedule from the context menu. The Scheduled Jobs page is displayed. The Scheduled Jobs display information that is similar to the Schedules page.

The Scheduled Jobs page includes the following buttons:

As an Excel (.XLS) format is deprecated, old scheduled jobs that export reports to Excel (XLS) or Excel Paginated (XLS Paginated) now export reports to Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or Microsoft Excel - Paginated (.xlsx) format.

Editing Schedules¶

If the start date for a schedule has not yet passed, you can edit the schedule. After the start date for a schedule has passed, create a schedule rather than changing the start date.

To edit a schedule

1. Click View > Schedules and Alerts > Schedules.

2. Click the Edit icon in the row of the job that you want to update.

3. Edit the fields in the Schedule, Parameters, Output Options, and Notifications tabs.

   Note

   See Creating a Schedule section in JasperReports Server User Guide and repeat from steps 4-10.

4. Click Save. The update occurs immediately.

Pausing a Job¶

To stop a job from running without deleting it, disable the job.

To pause a scheduled job

1. Click View > Schedules and Alerts > Schedules.

2. In the row of the job that you want to stop, disable the Pause/Activate toggle switch.

   Note

   You can resume the job by enabling the Pause/Activate toggle switch. When a stopped job is re-enabled, it waits until the next scheduled time to run.

Deleting a Job¶

To delete a scheduled job

1. Click View > Schedules and Alerts > Schedules.

2. Click the delete icon in the row of the job you want to delete. A confirmation dialog with a warning message is displayed to confirm if you want to delete this job.

3. Click Delete to delete the scheduled job or click Cancel to cancel the delete action.