# Job Monitor
The Job Monitor will show information regarding all the jobs to the user. Whether the jobs are in the state of,
* Active
* Running
* Queued
* Successful
* Ending In Errors
* Terminated By Users
The Job Monitor is responsible for storing information on all the jobs associated with the Astera Data Stack server.
## **Methods Of Access**
There are a few ways to access the Job Monitor on your version of Astera.
### **Through Server Explorer**
The Job Monitor can be accessed through the Server Explorer. Simply,
* Go to the *Server Explorer* panel, right-click the *Default* node, and select *Job Monitor* from the context menu.
### **Through Astera Toolbar**
The Job Monitor can be accessed through the main menu. Simply,
* Click on the *Server* column on the main menu, and select *Job Monitor* from the drop-down options.
### **Job Monitor Toolbar Options**
There are options present on the toolbar of the Job Monitor itself.
* *Show Latest Jobs First/Show Oldest Jobs First*: This option will sort all the jobs on the monitor according to the most recent and oldest.
* The left-facing arrow sorts the latest jobs towards the top, and the right-facing arrow sorts the oldest jobs towards the top.
* *Pause Auto-Refresh of Job Monitor*: By default, this feature is selected. It will keep the Job Monitor list from automatically refreshing every time a new job is executed while the Job Monitor is open.
* Unselecting this option will update the Job Monitor list during run-time as jobs are running, scheduled, executed, or failed. It will reset all the filters as well.
* *Show Job Trace for Selected Item*: Selecting this option opens the job progress window. Inside it, we can see the jobs’ steps to end in success/error.
* The job trace shows us the details of the job.
* *Clear Job Queue*: Clear all the jobs that have been put up in a queue to run.
* *Delete Selected Jobs*: All the highlighted jobs are going to be deleted.
* *Delete All Completed Jobs*: All jobs that have already completed their execution will be deleted.
* Jobs that are currently running will not be deleted.
* *Show Root Level Jobs Only*: Selecting this will only display information on root-level jobs. A root-level job is one that does not have a parent assigned.
## **Job Monitor Filters**
*Servers*: To select which server the Job Monitor will display information from.
*Status*: To filter out jobs based on their status, i.e., Active, Successful, Ending in Errors, etc.
*Date Range*: Filtering jobs based on period, i.e., *Today, Yesterday, last month*, etc.
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**Note:** There is also a *Custom Range* option where the user can provide any custom *Date Range* of their choosing. It will then view only the jobs that fall in that range.
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### **Advanced Search Options**
This option allows the user to extract information from the Job Monitor based on a specific search. It gives the user the ability to retrieve information on a particular search from many options.
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Clicking on this will open a separate panel with additional options,
*Recent Search*: To navigate to a previous search that was already made.
*Server*: Select the server from which to pull up job information.
### **Additional Options**
* Enter the *Job Name/File Name* to search for it.
* Select from a list of options under which to search the job, i.e., *Active, Error, Success*, etc., based on the status of the job.
* Other options include a *Job Type* filter, *Date Range* filter, and checkboxes for *My Jobs Only* and *Root Level Jobs Only*
Once done, select *Search*, and it will return the desired results.
The results are then returned.
## **Job Monitor Context Menu**
The Job Monitor context menu can be accessed by right-clicking anywhere on any job. The context menu can be opened after selecting multiple jobs too.
* *Rerun Selected Job*: This option is to rerun any selected job.
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**Note:** This option is not available when multiple jobs are selected.
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*Raise/Lower Job Priority for the Selected Job*: To increase or decrease the priority for any selected job. This will place the job higher or lower on the monitor.
It is only available when the job is in a running state.
*Show Child Jobs*: Selecting this option will show all child jobs associated with a particular parent job.
*Export To Excel*: To export all the jobs in the Job Monitor to an Excel sheet at a location of your choosing.
## **Job Monitor Columns**
These columns, given in the Job Monitor section itself, contain an extensive set of information regarding each job.
* *Job Id*: Every Job has a unique Job Id to identify it.
* *Parent*: To signify the parent node of a particular job.
* *Priority*: The level of priority for a given job.
* *Job Type*: To differentiate between types, i.e., Dataflow, Workflow, etc.
* *Server*: Signifies the server on which the job was run.
* *Job File*: The name of the job file.
* *Job Name*: A name that was assigned to the job.
* *Queued*: Timestamp for when a particular job was queued.
* *Started*: Timestamp for when a particular job started
* *Duration*: This signifies how long the job lasted.
* *Status*: The job status, i.e., success, terminated, etc.
* *Scheduled Job*: Displays the scheduled job ID of the scheduled job that ran.
* *Email Status*: Displays the status of the email sent on job conditions if any.
* *Records Read*: The number of records read per job.
* *Error Records*: The number of errors read per job.
* *Warning Records*: The number of warnings read per job.
* *User*: To signify which user performed a particular job.
This concludes our discussion on the Job Monitor in Astera.
