Some operations, such as transferring times to the payroll system, can take a long time to perform. Therefore, these operations are typically performed as background jobs. Instead of starting the operation and waiting until it is completed, IFS Applications performs the operation as a background job on the server. This means that you can continue working with your application while the server performs the operation for you.
You can manage your background jobs through the Background Jobs window, which you find in the My Administration folder in IFS Navigator.
Background Jobs display information about all background jobs, their status, (Waiting, Running, Done, etc.), and other such information. If there has been an error executing the background job the error is described and from here you can also restart jobs that have stopped for some reason.
Note: You can only see background jobs started by you, in the Background Jobs window. Jobs started by other users can only be seen by the system administrator.
The background jobs are executed online within the client session both for Execute and Re-Execute.
Figure 1: Using Background jobs
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Figure 2: Background Jobs Context Menu
Highlight a background job and right mouse click to open the Context menu, the following options are available:
Figure 3. Background job Details