Work with manual jobs

A flow containing a manual job cannot complete its processing until the manual job has been explicitly completed. When a flow progresses to the point where the manual job is next in the work flow, that branch of the flow (or the entire flow) halts. A notification is sent to a specified email address, indicating that the manual job is awaiting completion. Generally, this requires completing the actual task associated with the manual job and then completing the manual job to indicate that the task is complete.You can complete a manual job using the Flow Manager or using the command line interface.

View the manual jobs awaiting for completion

Procedure

In the Flow Manager, from the View menu, select Manual Jobs. The Manual Jobs window appears, listing the manual jobs that are not yet completed.

Note that not all manual jobs in this list are ready to be completed. Those manual jobs that are awaiting completion have a check mark in the Completion Required column.

From the command line

Procedure

  1. On the command line, type the following:

    jmanuals

  2. Press Enter.

Complete a manual job

Procedure

  1. In the Flow Manager, from the View menu, select Manual Jobs. The Manual Jobs window appears.
  2. Locate the manual job in the list—it will have a check mark in the Completion Required column.
  3. Ensure that the manual task associated with this manual job has been completed, and complete the manual job. Left-click or right-click on the job to select it.
  4. Click the Complete Manual Job button. The Complete manual job dialog appears.
  5. If applicable, in the Comments field, specify any comments required to describe what happened. For example:

    The description you enter here appears in the Runtime Attributes of the manual job.

  6. Click Complete Manual Job.

From the command line

Procedure

  1. On the command line, type the following:

    jcomplete -i flow_id flow_name[:subflow_name]:job_name

    where flow_id is the unique ID of the flow containing the manual job, and flow_name[:subflow_name]:job_name is the fully qualified name of the manual job to complete.

  2. Press Enter.