Changing the Completion Status

The Job Where Used page shows the last status of a prerequisite job or event. That status must match the prerequisite status before the reactive job will run. If necessary, you can manually change the prerequisite completion status so that the reactive job will run. Following is a list of the valid statuses you can choose from on the Insert Status page. The single-character status codes from the Explorer and IBM i versions of Robot Schedule are also listed below.

Job statuses:

  • B  Blank – Robot Schedule clears the status automatically each time the reactive job could run, unless you use the Keep option.
  • C  Completed – Indicates the job completed normally.
  • D  Delay (OPAL) – Indicates the job is delayed. Use this status only with jobs that have OPAL objects.
  • K  Skipped (OPAL) – Indicates the job was skipped. Use this status only with jobs that have OPAL objects.
  • P  Pending (OPAL) – Indicates the job is pending. Use this status only with jobs that have OPAL objects.
  • R  Running – Indicates the job is running.
  • S  Submitted – Indicates the job was submitted to the job queue.
  • T  Terminated – Indicates that the job ended abnormally in a termination.

Event statuses:

  • B  Blank – Robot Schedule clears the status automatically each time the reactive job could run, unless you use the Keep option.
  • *  Occurred – Indicates that the event occurred.

These codes affect only the prerequisite list; they do not update the Robot Schedule completion history or weekly completion log.

Follow these steps to manually change the actual completion status of a prerequisite job or event:

  1. ClickTap Jobs under the Robot Schedule menu.

  2. Find the reactive job that has the prerequisite with the status you need to change. For instructions on finding a specific job, see Jobs.

  3. ClickTap The Show Actions button. Show Actions for the reactive job and select Where Used.

  4. ClickTap The Show Actions button. Show Actions for the prerequisite job or event and select Insert Status.

     

    Note: Under Prerequisites, the status shown on the left is the prerequisite status that's required for the reactive job to run. If the actual status is different from the required status, it's shown on the right ("Skipped (OPAL)" in the above image).

  5. Select the new status for the prerequisite.

     

  6. Optional: If the prerequisite is an event, You can enter Event Data that describes what triggers the event; a file name, for example

     

  7. ClickTap Insert Status.

  8. ClickTap The Refresh button. Refresh on the Job Where Used page to refresh the display. If the actual status of the prerequisite matches the required status for the reactive job to run, the status is only displayed on the left.

     

  9. ClickTap Close to return to the Jobs page.

 

Reactivity overview

Jobs

Where used