Manage the Job Server Queue

Understand the Job Server Queue Dialog

The Job Server Queue dialog allows you to manage jobs that have been queued for publishing. On this dialog you can manually print jobs, resubmit a suspended job, review individual job details, and customize how job queue information is displayed.

Job Server Queue Details

This table describes the details of the Job Server Queue dialog. 

Job Server Queue Details

Detail	Description
Job Type	The type of job that was submitted for processing. Visualization jobs display as Autodesk.Vault.DWF.Create , where  is the file extension.
Submitted By	Displays the name of the user who submitted the job to the queue.
Submitted Date	Displays the date and time the job was submitted to the queue.
Job Processor	Displays the name of the computer that has taken the job from the queue for processing.
Description	Displays more information about the job in the queue. This field will also display the DWF Create: filename.
Status	Displays wheter the job's status is Pending, Processing, or Error.
Results	Displays information only if the job has an error status.

Job Server Commands

This table describes the commands on the Job Server Queue dialog. 

Job Server Commands

Command	Description
Close	Closes the Job Server Queue dialog.
Queued After	Filters the list by showing the first 1,000 jobs queued after the specified date and time.
Refresh	Refreshes the queue.
Re-Submit	Reprocesses a job that has encountered an error. This button is only enabled when a job has been placed in error state.
Reset to Queue	Removes the reservation of a job by the job processor.  NoteThis command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
Transfer Ownership	Transfers ownership of the job’s reservation to the current user’s jobprocessor.  When a site that has reserved jobs is deleted, or a back up is performed butthe information is restored to a different site, the pending jobs are deletedfrom the queue. This feature allows administrators to claim ownership forprocessing the job before it is deleted. NoteThis command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
Print	Prints the current queue grid to the default printer.

Manage the Job Server Queue

The Job Server holds a list of jobs waiting to be processed.

1. Select Tools > Job Queue.
2. In the Job Server Queue dialog, you can sort the jobs by ID, Status, Description, Submitted Date, or by whom they were submitted. Note: The Job Server Queue dialog displays up to 1,000 jobs. A warning will appear if there are more than 1,000 jobs in the queue.
3. Right-click on the column heading to customize the layout and view of the queue.
4. If you want to filter the list so that it only displays the jobs queued after a specific date and time, click the Queued After list and specify a date.
5. Select a job that you want to modify and perform one of the following actions:
   • If you want to delete the job from the queue, click Remove.
   • If the job has an error status, click Re-Submit to reprocess the job.
   • If you want to remove the job processor from the task and leave the job in the queue, click Reset to Queue.
     Note This command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
   • If you want to assign the task to the job processor on your workstation, click Take Ownership.
     NoteThis command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
6. Click Print to send the grid to the default printer. Click Refresh at anytime to update the queue.