Common Background Job Tasks #

Frequent tasks for managing background jobs.

Task 1: Manually Run a Job #

Goal: Trigger job immediately instead of waiting.

Steps:

1. Go to DDLS > Background Jobs
2. Find the job
3. Click “Run Now”
4. Job executes immediately
5. Refresh to see results

When to use:

• Testing configuration changes
• Customer reports issue a job should fix
• After bulk changes need immediate processing

Task 2: Investigate Failed Job #

Goal: Find out why a job is failing.

Steps:

1. Go to DDLS > Background Jobs
2. Note jobs showing “Not Scheduled”
3. Click “View Action Scheduler”
4. Filter by Group: “dmsilm”
5. Look for failed actions
6. Click to see error details

Common solutions:

Task 3: Pause All Jobs #

Goal: Temporarily stop all automated processing.

Steps:

1. Go to DDLS > Background Jobs
2. Click “Pause All Jobs”
3. All jobs stop processing

When to use:

• Major database maintenance
• Investigating issues
• Testing changes

Remember: Click “Resume Jobs” when done!

Task 4: Check Job History #

Goal: See what jobs ran and their results.

Steps:

1. Go to DDLS > Background Jobs
2. Click “View Action Scheduler”
3. See history of all executed jobs
4. Filter by status (Complete, Failed, Pending)

Related Topics #

• Monitoring Background Jobs
• Common Background Jobs
• Troubleshooting Jobs