The Batch Queue

In IBM® Cognos Controller, several consolidation jobs may run at the same time. The Batch Queue shows the consolidation jobs waiting for execution or in progress.

You can exit the Batch Queue window even if the job is not finished. In the Batch Queue table you can see the information displayed for each job in the queue. If you have Manage Batch Queue rights, you may control certain operations for all batch jobs in the queue. If you have View Batch Queue rights, you may only control certain operations regarding your own batch jobs in the queue. Possible operations are cancelling and changing scheduling for batch jobs that have not been executed (only with Manage Batch Queue rights), or removing non processing batch jobs from the table.

The following menu items can create batch jobs:

  • Group/Consolidate with Status
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Currency Translation
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Automatic Journals - Allocations
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Automatic Journals - Intercompany Balances
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Automatic Journals - Intercompany Profit
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Automatic Journals - Acquisition Calculations
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Consolidation
  • Group/Consolidate by Steps/Advanced Formula Calculations
  • Transfer/External Data/Import from Flat Files
  • Transfer/External Data/Import from Staging Table
  • Transfer/External Data/Import from Framework Manager
  • Maintain/Database/Optimize

Details

You may view detailed information about each batch job by selecting a job in the table and click Details. It is also possible to print the information in the Details window. If a batch job has status Not started no information will be shown in the details window.

Note: If you run the consolidation with the Ignore Invalid Reconciliations and Missing Dataor the Force Consolidation Regardless of Statusoptions selected in the Group/Consolidation with Statuswindow, this will be displayed in the Detailswindow.

Note: If you schedule a batch job at a specific date and time, this means that the job will be executed after this scheduled time, in the batch queue order. If you use the Dependent byfunction, this condition has to be fulfilled as well before the batch job is executed.