Manage Job Actions

HCL BigFix CLM allows an Admin to perform multiple actions against a job:

The following actions can be performed by clicking on the Action icon.

Figure 1. Actions

View History

To view the history of a job, a user needs to follow the following steps:

  1. Click History under the Action tab.
    Figure 2. Job History
  2. Logs are displayed in a tabular form.
    Figure 3. Job History
Note:
User filters the Logs as required by using the Filter option.

Reinitiate Job

To reinitiate a job the user needs to follow the following steps:

  1. Click Reinitiate under the Action tab.
    Figure 4. Reinitiate
  2. A success message appears.
    Figure 5. Reinitiate Message

Job Parameters

To modify job parameters of a job, Admin needs to follow the following steps:

  1. Click Job Parameters.
    Figure 6. Job Parameters
  2. After changing the parameters, click Update.
    Figure 7. Job Parameters

    Refer to the table below to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure:

    Table 1. Job Parameters
    Field Description
    Name Name of job parameter
    Description Job parameter description
    Value Type Value type of job parameter
    Value Default value of job parameter

Scheduling

To make changes in scheduling, Admin needs to follow the following steps:

  1. Click Scheduling to change the frequency of Jobs.
    Figure 8. Scheduling
  2. Modify the parameters as per requirement, click Update.
    Figure 9. Scheduling (cont.)

    Refer to the table below to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure:

    Table 2. Scheduling
    Field Description
    Schedule Type Lists whether a job needs to run on a recurring basis or one-time basis
    Recurring Interval Lists the recurring interval e.g., daily, weekly and many more
    Recurring Frequency Frequency of job
    Max Job Exec Time Users can set Maximum Job Execution Time in Minutes.