Viewing job results

About this task

You can view job results in all job tabs.

Procedure

  1. Click Jobs. The Completed tab is selected.
  2. Click the tab you want.
  3. Click the tag of the job you want to view. The job results are displayed initially as follows:
    • A list of steps is shown in the main panel. For each step there are columns of information.
      • Step: The step number
      • Step Name: The step name. A graphic in front of the step name indicates the step type: step, threaded, broadcast, join. Click the step name to see the step log.
      • Result: The step result, Passed, Failed, Canceled
      • Server (Selector): The server name where the step ran, plus the selector that chose the server.
      • Runtime: Elapsed time of the step (hours:minutes:seconds)
      • Chains: If a step started another job, a link to that job is shown.
    • A menu appears at the bottom of the left, side menu, showing the following items:
      • Results: Shows the list of steps in the main panel.
      • Bill of Materials: Shows the bill of materials (BOM) in the main panel. The BOM contains links to show Job Steps, Step Manifests, and Checkpoints (if checkpoints were used)
      • Notes: Shows the notes entered for this job.
      • Step Logs (this item is open and the step names are shown): shows the list of steps. Click a step to see the step log.
      • Chains: Shows the job numbers of any jobs launched as a chain (any jobs launched with .run and/or .runwait will not produce this icon).
  4. To view a step log: Click a step name from any list of steps. Initially, all categories are selected.

    If you are viewing a step in a Running job and the step has not completed, you see a partial log and you may not see all categories. To update the log view for a running step, click the build tag (at the top, shown as Jobs >> Tag), and then click the step.

    When viewing a step log, click Display All to show all the steps. To view fewer steps, enter a value for m in the Showing 1 - m of n control and press Enter.
  5. To filter the step log: Check or clear categories, and then click Refresh.
    1	7/8/10 4:43 PM	STEP	    Step using selector 'My selector'.
    2	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST         BF_LAST_UPDATE=1278618783
    3	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST	        BF_NAME=rbf-14
    4	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST	        BF_LOADRATIO=0.333333333333333
    5	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST	        BF_JOBS=1
    6	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST	        BF_AGENT_VERSION=version
    7	7/8/10 4:43 PM	MANIFEST	        BF_LAST_REFRESH=1278618783

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