Jobs
Manage Discovery (Inbox scans), Remote connection, and File import jobs on the Jobs page. It displays the latest 250 entries.
The Jobs page updates periodically to display the latest information.
Customize the Jobs page
Sort the job list
Every column on the Jobs page can be sorted.
Sort a column by clicking on the column header. An arrow marks the sorted column. Click on it to switch between descending or ascending.
Filter the job list
Every column on the Jobs page can be filtered.
Filter a column by clicking on the filter icon in the column header. Select an appropriate filter criteria and, if applicable, a value. The list is filtered by the selected criteria and the filter icon in the column header indicates that a filter on the column is set.
Get details of a job
Click the context menu in the left corner of an entry and select View Details to open the details pane of the selected job. Details are organized in blinds, depending on the selected type of job and its parameters.
Discovery jobs
Discovery jobs details show the Asset link and its ID, the job was started with. A discovery job returns assets during its scan process. The Metrics blind displays the current resulting assets count of this job.
- Total: Total number of assets detected.
- Created: The number of assets identified for the first time.
- Updated: The number of assets already present and updated by a scan.
- Duplicate: The number of assets identified as duplicates with a different Asset link.
- Rejected: The number of assets rejected by the inventory and not captured at all.
- Failed: The number of assets that failed to update due to an internal error in inventory service.
If filters or options were defined when starting the Discovery job, they are also displayed in separate blinds.
Remote access jobs
Remote access jobs details show the Asset name, the Port and the Connection type, the remote connection was initiated with in a separate blind.
File import jobs
File import jobs details show the Filename, which was imported and the Message produced by the import process in a separate blind. A file import job returns metrics during the processing. These are displayed in a separate blind.
- Total: Total number of assets processed.
- Added: The number of assets added to the inventory.
- Updated: The number of assets already present and updated by the file import.
- Duplicate: The number of assets identified as duplicates with a different Asset link.
- Rejected: The number of assets rejected by the inventory and not captured at all.
- Failed: The number of assets that failed to update due to an internal error in inventory service.
- Skipped: The number of skipped assets due to missing required properties.
The metrics details show detailed information about each processed row of the imported file.
Perform actions on jobs
Action 'Stop'
Stop a currently running job by selecting it and clicking Stop. Jobs are considered running depending on their current status. The jobs list supports multi-selection, so the Stop dialog may display jobs in several states. Only jobs considered in progress are stoppable. All other jobs appear in the Stop dialog in separate blinds but are not affected by this action. After confirming the Stop dialog, the selected jobs are requested to stop. One or more messages appear after the stop requests are processed.