Overview

The History list (ops_history) provides an historical display of all completed task activity. Only task instances with a status in an "end state" (SUCCESS, FINISHED, FAILED, CANCELLED, START FAILURE, SKIPPED) display in the History list.

The list allows you to track information about specific task instances, including multiple runs. For example, Task A may have failed and then was re-run by a user. This task instance will display twice on the History list, first for the time that it ran and failed and again for the time it was re-run to success.

Note

If you want to display task activity for all tasks, for task instances in any status, and issue commands against those task instances, see the Activity Monitor and/or Task Instances list

If you want to display task activity for a specific task, for task instances in any status, and issue commands against those task instances, see the Viewing Task Instances for a Specific Task.

Displaying the History List

Step 1	From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Task Instances > History. The History list displays.
Step 2	You can modify the display by filtering, sorting, adding, and removing columns (see Record Lists).

History List Task Bar

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

Time Constraint

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

The default time constraint, as specified by the History Time Constraint user preference, is 48 hours.

Filtering

The Filter field and Filter icon in the History List Selections task bar allows you to filter the list so that only task instances matching the specified criteria within the selected time constraint display on the list.

See Filters for detailed information an applying and saving filters.

Displaying History Details

To display execution details about any task instance on the History list, either:

Click anywhere in the task instance row to display the Details for that task instance below the list.
Click the icon next to any Instance Name to display a pop-up version of the Details.

History Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields that display in History Details.

Field Name	Description
Instance Name	Text field; Name of this task instance.
Description	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Member of Business Services	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Task Instance	Reference field; Name of this task instance. If the task instance is deleted, this field is empty.
Instance Number	Sequentially assigned number, maintained per task, representing the creation order of the instance.
Task	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Type	Type of task that was run to create this task instance.
Universal Template	If Monitoring Activity History#Type = Universal; Name of the Universal Template on which the Universal Task Type is based.
Invoked by	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Launch Source	Source from where this task instance's task was launched.
Source Instance	Task instance of the source task that launched this task instance's task. Note Only task instances with Monitoring Activity History#Launch Source = Recurring will have a value for this field; otherwise, the field is hidden.
Trigger	Name of the trigger that launched this task.
Agent	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Status	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Exit Code	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Status Description	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Start Time	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
End Time	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Duration	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Waited for Resources	Indication of whether or not the task instance ran only after it waited for a resource to become available.
Virtual Resource Priority	Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.
Waited for Exclusive	Indication of whether or not the task instance ran only after it waited for one or more tasks with which it was mutually exclusive to finish.
Late Started	If checked, the task started later than the time specified in the Late Start fields.
Late Finished	If checked, the task finished later than the time or duration specified in the Late Finish fields.
Status History	History of statuses for this task instance.

Monitoring Activity History