MIW:Jobs
Jobs
Jobs on IBM i are an essential part of the development lifecycle. This part of developing applications is integrated into MiWorkplace.
It enables you to:
- Make one or more filters to list specific jobs
- Interact with the job
- Show the job log messages in a way aimed at quick troubleshooting
- Show the spooled files of the job
The Jobs view with a context menu for Jobs and Job filters.
Job Filter
The Jobs view lists various jobs that can be selected and grouped via job filters. So first, a job filter must be created. A new job filter can be created via the context menu of the view or via the button 'New Job Filter' () in the toolbar of the view.
Jobs View
Once a connection is active and at least one job filter has been created, the Jobs view is populated with job entries from the IBM i server. The job entries can either be retrieved automatically every x seconds or manually (using the global or local "Refresh" () action via the toolbar or the context menu of a job filter). The interval can be configured in the MiWorkplace preferences. An extra job for retrieving the job entries can be started (
) and halted (
) from the toolbar of the Jobs view. The job's current state is displayed on the right side of the status line at the bottom of the application window.
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is displayed when the job entries retrieving thread is running and is just actively retrieving a set of job entries.
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indicates that the thread is running but currently sleeping. No job entries are currently retrieved from the IBM i server.
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means that the thread for retrieving job entries has been stopped or was never started.
The context menu of a job entry in the Jobs view allows to hold, release or end a job.