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Viewing job results

Once a job has been run, you can view the results in the Scheduler dialog. Job results can tell you:

  • Whether the job processed successfully or failed
  • The process steps performed by the job, if it was successful
  • The error message for the job, if it failed
  • The date/time when the job started processing and how long it took to process
  • The Scheduler server that processed the job

NOTE: Users with the Scheduled Jobs User security permission can only see job results for jobs that they executed. Administrators can see job results for all jobs.

To view results for all jobs:

  • On the Service tab, in the Service View group, click Job Results.

The Result History tab opens, listing a summary of results for all jobs that have started or finished. If you want to see more specific details for a particular job execution, double-click it. This opens the related job to the Job Results section, where you can view more details such as the specific error message for a failed execution.

TIP: Alternatively, you can open a job directly, and go to the Job Results section to view results for that job only.

You can also view job results using the Scheduler area of the Web Client. For more information, see .

System job results

By default, system job results are hidden in the Result History tab. System jobs such as the SMTP message delivery job run frequently, and can easily fill up the result history screen, making it difficult to find results for user-initiated jobs.

If you want to view results for system jobs, you can do one of the following:

  • At the bottom of the Result History tab, clear the Hide system jobs check box.
  • Open the system job directly, and view its job results within the job. For example, you can go to the Scheduled Jobs tab and double-click the System.SystemDataPurge job to view all results for that job.

Purging job results

Over time, the job result history can get quite large, so it is recommended to purge the result history periodically. There are two ways to purge result history:

  • Each job can be configured to purge its own prior result history when it is run (Job Results Cleanup). This setting is located in the General section of the job properties. For more information, see Job properties.
  • The System.PurgeSystemData system job purges result history whenever it is run (by default, once per hour). For more information, see Configuring Scheduler system jobs.

When you purge job results, you specify a number of days of history to be kept. For example, you may always want to keep 5 days' worth of job history, and purge any results older than that.