Displaying details about a process chain job

You can view the details for a process chain job including any local subchains contained in the process chain.

Before you begin

Ensure you have performed the following steps before running this procedure:
  • Set the pchain_details option to ON in the common options file. For more information about this option, refer to Defining the common options.
  • In a distributed environment, customize the Browse Jobs tasks that you created before installing HCL Workload Automation 8.4 Fix Pack 1 to show the Job Type column. For details about how to customize the task properties, refer to the Dynamic Workload Console online help.
  • In a z/OS environment, you must customize the task properties to display the Advanced Job Type column that indicates the job type. For details about how to customize the task properties, refer to the Dynamic Workload Console online help.

About this task

To display details about an SAP Process Chain that you scheduled as an HCL Workload Automation job, perform the following steps from the Dynamic Workload Console.

Procedure

  1. Click Monitoring and Reporting > Workload Monitoring > Monitor Workload.
  2. In Engine name, select the name of the HCL Workload Automation engine connection from where you want to work with SAP jobs.
  3. In Object Type, leave the default selection Job.
  4. Click Run.
  5. The table of results corresponding to the search criteria is displayed:
    Figure 1. Dynamic Workload Console - Table of results

    This panel shows the list of results for the task that you selected.
  6. Select a process chain job. For each process chain job, a hyperlink named SAP Process Chain is displayed.
    Distributed environment
    The Job Type column displays SAP Process Chain to help you identify SAP process chain jobs.
    z/OS environment
    The Advanced Job Type column displays SAP Process Chain to help you identify SAP process chain jobs.
    Click the hyperlink for the job whose details you want to display.
  7. The details for the process chain are displayed:
    Figure 2. Dynamic Workload Console - Details of a process chain job

    Details view for a process chain job
    HCL Workload Automation monitors the process chain job until the job completes. The details shown reflect the last monitoring process performed. Perform a restart of the process chain indicating a refresh operation to synchronize the details with those on the remote SAP system to have the most updated information possible. If the process chain contains local subchains, a hyperlink is displayed for each one. Click the hyperlink you want, to display details about the corresponding subchain job. Alternatively, you can display the process chain details by clicking the hyperlink for the job and display the job properties panel. Click the hyperlink shown under SAP Job Details. The details for the process chain are displayed.