Following Up on Executed Tasks

You can use the Calendar to verify whether tasks have succeeded or failed, and view details of the task execution.

You can rerun tasks directly from the  Calendar . You can rerun tasks now, or schedule tasks to run again in the future, regardless of the task outcome. For tasks that have failed, you can choose to re-run the task on the failed devices only.

To rerun a task immediately

1. In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.

2. Click one of the following views:

   • Day

   • Week

   • Month

   • Agenda

3. If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.

4. Right-click a task, select Run a copy now, then select one of the following:

   • On all devices

   • On succeeded devices (for tasks that have succeeded) or On failed devices (for tasks that failed).
     If the task was created using an automation policy, clicking Run a cop now creates a standalone task in the Calendar using the settings in the automation policy as a template.

5. If required, change any of the options for running the task.

6. Click Run Now.

To rerun a task at a future time

1. In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.

2. Click one of the following views:

   • Day

   • Week

   • Month

   • Agenda

3. If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.

4. Right-click a task, and select Schedule a copy, then select one of the following:

   • On all devices

   • On succeeded devices (for tasks that have succeeded) or On failed devices (for tasks that failed).
     If the task was created using an automation policy, clicking Schedule  a copy creates a standalone scheduled task in the Calendar using the settings in the automation policy as a template.

5. If required, change any of the options for scheduling the task.

6. Click Schedule.

To view task execution results

You can view the detailed results of executed tasks. When viewing script execution results, you get the following information:

• Return code.

• Standard error, if any.

• Standard output, if any.

• Execution details, including outcome, start time, and execution time.

• Script details, including name, version, author, and parameters, if any.

For tasks based on an automation package, the execution results lists each script and includes a Details link to view execution results for each individual script.

1. In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.

2. Click one of the following views:

   • Day

   • Week

   • Month

   • Agenda

3. If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.

4. Right-click a task, and select View Execution Results.

5. Optionally, to export the Execution Results table in a .XLS file, click the Download button

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6. Optionally, to view details of any task, click the Expand arrow . Then, do either of the following:

   • To see the execution summary, click the Details button .

   • To export the Standard Output, if available, to a file, click the Download Standard Output button.
     This option is only available for script executions, and if there is Standard Output to export.