Tutorial - Monitoring Task Activity

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In this tutorial, we will monitor task activity from the Activity Monitor.

We will start and stop the Activity Monitor, apply time constraints and filters to the task instances displayed on the Activity Monitor, and apply display settings to the Activity Monitor.

Starting and Stopping the Activity Monitor

By default, the Activity Monitor does not automatically monitor Universal Controller activity when you log in. You must start the Activity Monitor to see task activity.

(You can allow the Activity Monitor to automatically monitor Controller activity when you log in by changing the Activity Monitor Automatically user preference.)
 

Step  1

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Task Instances > Activity. The Activity Monitor displays.
 

Step 2

To start the Activity Monitor, either:

The Activity Monitor then displays a list of all current activity.
 

Step 3

To stop the Activity Monitor, click the Stop Activity monitor button at the bottom of the Activity Monitor.

Apply Time Constraints and Filters to the Activity Monitor

(You can select apply any time constraint for any combination of multiple filters for the list of task instances on the the Activity Monitor.)

Step 1

Select a time frame of task activity to display on the Activity Monitor by clicking the Time Constraint button and selecting a time fame from the menu. The default is Last 48 hours, which means that the Activity Monitor will display only task activity that occurred in the last 48 hours.

Step 2

Click the Quick Filter button to display a menu of simple, pre-defined filters that you can apply to the list, such as a specific task type of specific task instance status. You can apply as many Quick Filters as you like to the list.

Step 3

Click the Clear button at the bottom of the Quick Filter menu to remove all Quick Filters from the list.

Step 4

Click the Filter button to select a Custom Filter of complex, user-defined filter that you can apply to the list, such as only task instances that belong to a specific Business Service.

Apply Display Settings to the Activity Monitor

Step 1

Click the Settings button at the bottom of the Activity Monitor to select:

  • Number of task instances to display on each page of the Activity Monitor.
  • Refresh rate for the dynamic data displayed on the Activity Monitor.

Step 2

Click the First, Prev, Next, and Last buttons at the bottom of the Activity Monitor to navigate through multiple pages of activity.

Step 3

Click the ellipse ( ... ) button at the bottom of the Activity Monitor to select a specific page of activity to display.