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Manage Scheduler

Manage Scheduler option allows you to create, edit, delete and manage the schedules for the following tasks:

Click Administration > Manage Scheduler to open the menu.

Manage Schedules page

Buttons

Description

Use this button to create a new task such as a report generation task.

Use this button to delete a selected task.

Use this button to edit a selected task.

Use this button to see the details of a selected task.

Use this button to view the logs of a selected task.

Use this button to refresh the task displayed on the Manage Scheduler page.

Use this drop-down list to choose the appropriate format of the Summary Report. The format options are PDF, CSV, XML and HTML.

Use this drop-down list to choose a group criteria and group the tasks. The group criteria options are taskType, recurring, lastResult, UnGroup, Expand/Collapse Group.

Click Administration > Manage Scheduler to open the menu.

On the Manage Scheduler page, click the appropriate button as listed in the table.

Create Task

  1. Click Create Task . Task Creation/Edit window is displayed.

    Create task

  2. Provide the necessary parameters in the tabs as follows:

Tabs

Description

Task Type

Task Name: Provide a name for the task. It is recommended that the name reflects the nature of the task.

Choose Task Type: Select the appropriate task type from the list.

Task Details

On the Task Details tab, provide the relevant details for the task. The parameters on the Task Details tab depend on the task type chosen. Each task type has a specific parameters.

Scheduling Details

On the Scheduling Details tab, provide the Schedule Time (date and time that you can also pick on a calendar by clicking the icon.

In the Recurring section, click the Yes radio button option to set the recurrence of the task schedule. Click No radio button option if you do not want the task to recur.

In the Activate/Deactivate Task section, click the Activate Task button to activate the task. Click the Deactivate Task button to deactivate the task schedule.

Click Next or Previous to move between the tabs. Provide all the necessary details on each tab before you click Next. The next tab is only available if all the details on each tab are provided.

After providing the details in all the tabs, click Finish.

For detailed steps to create tasks based on each each task type, see Create Scheduler Tasks.

Delete Task

  1. Select the task you want to delete.
  2. Click Delete Task .

Edit Task

  1. Select the task you want to edit in the list.
  2. Click Edit Task .

The Task Creation/ Edit window is common to both the Create Task and Edit Task functions. See the Create Task section and Create Scheduler Tasks for details of tabs and parameters that you can edit or modify for a task.

Note: You cannot edit or change the Task Type.

View Task Details

  1. Select the task you want to view.
  2. Click View Task Details .

View Task Log

  1. Select the task you want to view.
  2. Click View Task Log .

Refresh

To refresh the page and load the latest schedules.

Click Refresh .

Reports

To generate Summary Reports in PDF, CSV, XML and HTML.

  1. Select and click the necessary Summary Report format in the Reports drop-down menu.
  2. Browse to the location you want to save the report in. Click Select Folder.
  3. The downloads icon expands to show the downloaded report details.

Group by

To group the scheduled tasks by specific criteria.

  1. Select the scheduled tasks in the list.
  2. Click the Group by drop-down and select the appropriate grouping criteria.

    To expand or collapse a grouped list, select Expand/Collapse Group option from the Group By drop down menu.

    To Ungroup a grouped list, select Ungroup option from the Group By drop down menu.

See also

Administration

Audit Logs

Configure Client IP

Configure Email Host

Maintenance Operations

Manage Servers

NMS Load

Radius Configuration

Alert Management

Manage Customers

View number of NEQs per EMS