Sequence Tab
When a Sequence Job is running, the Sequence tab on the Monitor Detail dialog shows the Job's task tree as it executes. You can see which tasks have completed, which one is running now, and which are still waiting, and you can skip or hold an individual task without leaving the Web Client.
The tab only appears for Entries whose Job uses the Sequence execution method. Entries for other execution methods, such as PowerShell or Command, do not have a Sequence tab.
Opening the Sequence tab
- Click Monitor from the main menu.
- Select the Entry for the Sequence Job you want to watch.
- Click Show Detail, or open the per-row Actions menu and select Show Detail.
- Click the Sequence tab.
The task tree loads with each task already showing its current state, so tasks that finished before you opened the tab appear with the correct color straight away.
Reading task states
Each task in the tree has a border color showing its current state. The colors match the JAMS Desktop Client.
Task states update as the Scheduler works through the Sequence. You do not need to refresh the page.
| Border | State | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Animated green | Executing | The task is running now. |
| Solid green | Complete | The task finished succesffully. |
| Red | Failed | The task did not complete successfully. |
| Amber | Held | The task is held and will not start until it is released. |
| Blue | Skip or Skipped | The task is set to be skipped, or has been skipped. |
| Orange | Halted | The task stopped and the Sequence cannot continue past it. |
| No border | Enabled | The task is waiting its turn. Nothing has happened to it yet. |
A halted Sequence Job usually means a task failed inside a Sequence container. You can recover it from the task's 3-dot menu with Continue or Retry. See Acting on a single task below. See Sequence Jobs for how Failure Action tasks and containers affect this behavior.
Moving around the task tree
The Sequence tab is read-only. You cannot add, remove, reorder, or edit tasks here. To change the Sequence itself, edit the Job Definition.
The viewport controls remain available so you can navigate a large tree:
- Zoom in and Zoom out, with the current zoom percentage shown between them.
- Fit to view to bring the whole tree back into the visible area.
- Minimap for an overview of where you are in a large Sequence.
Acting on a single task
Each task has a 3-dot menu with the actions available for that task's current state.
- Click the 3-dot menu on the task you want to act on.
- Select the action.
The task's border color updates once the Scheduler confirms the change, so the color you see always reflects what the Scheduler has actually done rather than what was requested.
The available actions depend on the state of the task:
| Task state | Available actions |
|---|---|
| Enabled | Skip Task, Hold Task, Task Properties |
| Held | Release Hold, Task Properties |
| Skip | Cancel Skip, Task Properties |
| Executing, Complete | Task Properties |
| Failed, Halted | Continue, Retry, Task Properties |
- Skip Task marks a pending task to be passed over. The Sequence moves on to the next task instead of running it.
- Hold Task stops a pending task from starting. The Sequence waits at that task until it is released.
- Release Hold removes a hold and lets the task run when the Sequence reaches it.
- Cancel Skip reverses a Skip, so the task runs normally after all.
- Continue marks the failed, halted task successful and lets the Sequence move on to the next task.
- Retry re-runs the failed, halted task.
- Task Properties opens a read-only view of the task's configuration.
Skip Task, Hold Task, Release Hold, and Cancel Skip affect only the single task you selected. They are not the same as holding or releasing the Entry, which affects the whole Job. Continue and Retry work differently. When a task fails and halts the Sequence, the whole Entry stops and waits at that task, so these two actions act on the Entry's wait to get the Sequence moving again.
Acting on a Submit Job Task's child Job
A Submit Job Task submits another Job, and that Job gets its own Entry in the Monitor. Once a Submit Job Task has actually submitted its Job, its 3-dot menu gains extra items so you can manage that child Entry without leaving the Sequence tab:
- Show Detail opens the Monitor Entry Details page for the child Entry.
- Release opens the Release drawer for the child Entry.
- Hold opens the Hold drawer for the child Entry.
- Reschedule opens the Reschedule drawer for the child Entry.
- Cancel opens the Cancel drawer for the child Entry.
These options only appear after the Submit Job Task has submitted its Job for this run. Before that happens, the task's menu shows only the actions described in Acting on a single task above.
A separate Job Properties item opens the Job Definition that the Submit Job Task submits. Job Properties appears whenever the task references a Job, even before it has submitted one since it opens the Job's definition, not a running Entry. This is different from Task Properties, which shows how the Submit Job Task itself is configured within the Sequence.
These actions manage the child Job's own Entry. They do not hold, release, reschedule, or cancel the Sequence Job or the Sequence's own Entry.
If a Submit Job Task submits its Job more than once during a run (for example, inside a loop), these actions always act on the most recently submitted child Entry.
Viewing task properties
Select Task Properties from a task's 3-dot menu to see how that task is configured in the running Entry.
The properties are read-only. To change how a task is configured, edit the Job Definition and submit the Job again.
Properties is not available for every task type. Task types without a properties view do not show the option in the 3-dot menu.
What you cannot do from this tab
The Sequence tab is for watching a running Sequence and intervening at the task level. The following are not available here:
- Editing task properties. Edit the Job Definition instead.
- Adding, removing, or reordering tasks.
- Re-running a task that completed successfully. (A task that failed and halted the Sequence can be recovered with Continue or Retry. See Acting on a single task above.)