Monitoring Activity from the Transfer Activity List

Overview

The Transfer Activity list shows, by default, the file transfers that are pending either because they have not started yet, are under progress, are paused, or are in an error condition

The Transfer Activity list is not automatically refreshed.

You also can monitor activity for a specific transfer record by displaying transfer record specific Transfer Details. 

Displaying the Transfer Activity List

From the UDMG Admin UI navigation pane, select Activity > Transfers. The Transfer list displays.


The UDMG Admin UI assigns a default color for each of the 7 possible statuses for a transfer instance:

StatusColor
PLANNEDgrey
RUNNINGgreen
INTERRUPTEDyellow
PAUSEDorange
ERRORred
DONEblue
CANCELLEDpurple

Transfer Activity List Column Descriptions

The following table describes the default columns of information displayed on the Transfer Activity list.

Column

Description

Transfer ID

The local identifier of the transfer

Rule

The name of the transfer rule

Transfer Protocol

The protocol used to perform the transfer

Requester

The name of the account that requested the transfer

RequestedThe name of the server/partner the transfer was requested from

Path

The file path on the local disk

Remote File PathThe file path on the remote partner
Start DateDate and time the transfer instance started.
StatusThe current status of the transfer (possible values: PLANNED , RUNNING , PAUSED , INTERRUPTED , ERROR , DONE or CANCELLED )
StepThe current step of the transfer (possible values: StepNone , StepSetup , StepPreTasks , StepData , StepPostTasks , StepErrorTasks or StepFinalization )
TransferredThe progress (in bytes) of the data transfer
File SizeThe size of the file (-1 if unknown)

Error Code

The error code of the transfer (if an error occurred)

Error MessageThe error message of the transfer (if an error occurred)
isServerIndicates whether the UDMG Server is acting as a server (true) or as a client (false)
isSendIndicates whether the transfer is a send (true) or a receive (false)
UUIDTransfer Unique Identifier, as string

Transfer Activity List Task Bar

A Transfer Activity List task bar displays across the top of the Transfer Activity List, which allows you to select which transfer instances display on the list.


Time Constraint

The By Time Time Constraint drop-down list in the Task Instance Selections task bar allows you to select a time frame for which you want transfer instances to display on the list.

The default time constraint is 48 hours.

Filtering

The By Status field in the Transfer Activity List task bar allows you to filter the list so that only transfer instances matching the specified criteria within the selected time constraint display on the list.


By default only the statuses for non completed transfer records are selected.

Select a set of individual status, or click the Check all to select all status, or click the Uncheck all to clear the selection (this also allows the selection of all transfer records).

Composite statuses are available at the top of the list as a shortcut for selecting statuses:

  • Pending = All transfer statuses except DONE, CANCELLED
  • Active = Status is one of PLANNED, RUNNING, INTERRUPTED
  • Blocked = Status is PAUSED
  • Completed = Status is PAUSED
  • Problem = Status is one of ERROR, CANCELLED

See the generic description of the List Task Bar for detailed information an applying filters.

Displaying Transfer Details

To display Details for a transfer record:

  • Select the record from the list.

The transfer details are displayed in the Transfer tab.

Transfer Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the default columns of information displayed on the Transfer Details tab

Column

Description

Status Color coded icon: the current status of the transfer (possible values: PLANNED , RUNNING , PAUSED , INTERRUPTED , ERROR , DONE or CANCELLED )

ID

The local identifier of the transfer

Protocol

The protocol used to perform the transfer

StepThe current step of the transfer (possible values: StepNone , StepSetup , StepPreTasks , StepData , StepPostTasks , StepErrorTasks or StepFinalization )
Remote IDTransfer Unique Identifier (UUID)
isServerIndicates whether the UDMG Server is acting as a server (true) or as a client (false)
isSendIndicates whether the transfer is a send (true) or a receive (false)
Start DateDate and time the transfer instance started.
Stop DateDate and time the transfer instance completed (only for DONE status).

Error Code

The error code of the transfer (if an error occurred)

Error MessageThe error message of the transfer (if an error occurred)

Rule

The name of the transfer rule

File SizeThe size of the file (-1 if unknown)
Local File PathThe file path on the UDMG server
Remote File PathThe file path on the remote partner

Requester

The name of the account that requested the transfer

RequestedThe name of the server/partner the transfer was requested from


From the Transfer Details, you can also display additional Details about the transfer instance:

Info tab

Displays Metadata for the transfer instance.

Output tab

Displays complete log messages for the transfer.

Transfer Info Tab

The Info tab lists all additional info fields available to the transfer instance. These fields are added and updated during the transfer execution. 

The internal fields have a reserved name starting with the udmg_ prefix. Additional custom info fields can be set during the transfer registration by the client on the interface. The reserved fields (with udmg_) shall not be set by the client unless it is required for the correct processing (for example for the wildcard mode). The list of info fields and values for a specific depend on the protocol, the associated pre, post, and error tasks, and the type of the transfer.


Transfer Logs Tab

The Logs tab displays the log messages generated for the transfer request execution.

The Logs tab displays a green icon, indicating that log is available for this transfer. This is only the case if the Detailed Logging has been enabled, see Logging Configuration.

When switching to this tab, the UDMG Admin UI retrieves the log file and displays it. Reload of the log can be triggered with the refresh button inside the Log tab pane.