Batch Operational Manual

An operational manual for batch processing.

• The request progress can be monitored via:
• line on the Entry Screen under "Batch".
• right click on the Entry Screen and select from the drop down menu, "Query Batch".
• for System Administrators, use menu option BATCH-14 (Query Batch Requests) to see anybody's requests.
• This detail for the request will display when any report is run.

• Select a report to run.
• For this example we will use SSTURN-3.
• Enter the input parameters.
• Click on "Batch".
  

• Click on "Immediate" or "Deferred". In this example, "Immediate" is selected.
• Running a job through "Immediate Batch" will allow the user to navigate to other options in the system while the job is processing.
• Click "Proceed".

• The following request number appears.

• Take notice of the field that was populated under "Batch" - 'Departmental Results (SSTURN-3)(55067)'. It states: "Process not yet Started".
• Depending on the number of queues allowed, the message will display.
• To enable this batch request to start or kick off, follow steps 4 and 5.
• Take note that if queues are not permitted to be opened during the day, this request will process tonight when the CRON processes Deferred Requests.

• Go to BATCH-3 (Open/Close Queues). Important to note that only System Administrators may open and close the queues.
• Query the queue code "I1"
• Click on 'Open the Queue"
• <COMMIT>.
• Go to the Next Block

• On the Next Block ("Active Queue Processes").
• Enter a query, as can be seen below, the batch request number is '20195'.
• Exit

• On the Entry Screen, you will notice now that the batch request has completed.

• Click on the "Process successfully completed"

• The following has been done:
• Start and Completed date and time of the request.
• Result as 0 (success) or 1 (failed).
• To complete the whole process and to remove the "Process successfully completed" message from the Entry Screen, click on the "Print/View" button.

•  Click on the "View" button in order to complete the process and to remove the message from the Entry Screen.

• Notes
• If you’re logging in to Integrator and you notice that you have more reports under “Batch”, it’s due to the fact that Immediate/Deferred Batch as well as "Online" requests are shown in the “Batch” list on the Entry Screen.  
• Running a job through "Immediate Batch" will allow the user to navigate to other options in the system while the job is processing. The output of the job can be accessed here when it has finished.
• These entries on the “Batch” list go away once you press “View” in g05app  i.e. if you click on the entry (after the job has completed), the “Query Batch” screen pops up with only the selected job.  Press the “Print/View” there and once g05app comes up, press the “View” button.  Once output has been “Seen” in this way, an indicator is set and the job does not show on the Entry Screen anymore.  
• To decrease your list of Batch jobs, “View” them.   
• To see previous batch requests again, right click on the Entry Screen and select “Query Batch”. 

1. Remove old requests {BATCH-6}, based on the value in {BATCH-1b1} - System Parameters, field "Nr of Days after which completed/Cancelled Requests will be Deleted".
2. Activate all the queues and process requests in the queue if any.
3. Close the queues based on the value in {BATCH-1b2} - System Parameters - Queue Maintenance, field "Must the Queue Terminate and Close if there is no more Jobs".