Batch tasks (form)

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click System administration > Inquiries > Batch jobs > Batch jobs. > View tasks

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Click Home > Inquiries > Batch jobs > My batch jobs. > View tasks

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Click System administration > Inquiries > Batch jobs > Batch job history. > View tasks

Use this form to view or create tasks for a batch job. You can also view or create dependencies between batch tasks.

Note

You cannot change task information while the associated job is running or waiting to be run. You must change the batch status to Withhold before changing task information.

Task that uses this form

Create a batch job

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form. Depending on where you opened the form from, some controls may not be available.

Tabs

Tab	Description
Overview tab	View a list of all batch tasks.
General tab	View and edit extended information about the selected batch task.
Update tab	View the latest information about the selected batch task.

Buttons

Upper pane

Button	Description
Parameters	Open a form where you can set parameters for the task.
Log	View the batch log, which contains messages generated when the task was run.
Refresh	Refresh the information in the form.

Lower pane

Button	Description
Condition type	Type of dependency between the selected task and its parent tasks. Select All if all conditions must be met before moving on to the dependent task. Select Any if any of the conditions can be met before moving on to the dependent task.
Go to previous	Go to the task that the selected task depends on.

Fields

Upper pane

Field	Description
Status	The status of the batch task.
Task description	Enter a description for the task.
Company accounts	Specify the company in which the task will run.
Class name	Select an application object for the task.
Class description	The description of the application object you selected.
Has conditions	Indicates whether the task depends on other tasks.
Run location	Indicates whether the batch runs on the client or the server.
Batch group	The batch group to which this task belongs.
Progress	Indicates the percentage of the task that is finished.
Start date/time	Date and time that the task last started.
End date/time	Date and time that the task last ended.
Status	Actual status of the task.
Automatically start transaction	Indicates whether the task should be started automatically.
Runtime task	A developer-created task that runs only for a certain instance of a batch job.
Batch job ID	ID of the batch job that this task is a part of.
Ignore task failure	Select to ignore this task's status when you are determining whether the batch job failed.
Maximum retries	Number of times to retry running the task before failing.
AOS instance name	Identification for the batch server, in the format Instance@ServerName.
Private	Indicates whether the job can be run only by the person who created it. This option can be used only for tasks that run on the client. Server tasks cannot be private.
Created by	User who ordered the batch.
Created date and time	Date and time when the task was created.
Actual retries	Number of times the task was retried.
Exception type	Type of error encountered when you run the task (if any).

Lower pane

Field	Description
Task ID	System identifier of the task.
Expected status	Expected status of the task.
Actual status	Actual status of the task.

See also

Batch processing overview

Create a batch job

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