Use the task filter to

  • Determine which tasks appear on the Tasks tab, Status tab, and potentially in the Reports window
  • Filter information shown on the Debug Log tab so that only the information pertaining to the selected tasks is shown (you can include system log events).

To set a filter:

  • In the lower right corner of MOVEit Automation , click Edit Filter. The Task Filter dialog box opens. Make your selections of items to show..

    The currently-selected filter and a count of tasks that are selected by the filter appear in the information panel at the bottom of the application.

To return all selections to the default (show all tasks), click Reset.

To set a filter automatically:

  • On the Hosts, Tasks, or Scripts tab, right click a host, task, or script, and select Set Filter to This.

    The filter shows only the specific task selected, or only tasks that use the selected host or script.

    Because this feature is useful when debugging a task, this option also automatically sets the per-task debug option for the selected tasks to More Debug

Filter options:

  • All Tasks - All tasks will be shown (effectively turns off the filter).
  • Specific Tasks - Sets the filter to one or more selected tasks. Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple tasks.
  • Single Task Group - Sets the filter to all the tasks in a single selected task group.
  • Tasks that meet specific criteria - Allows the user to set one or more sets of criteria to filter the list of tasks based on. Only those tasks that match all the selected criteria will be displayed. Available criteria are:
    • Name/Description contains - Selects tasks whose name or description contains the entered text.
    • Task Type is - Selects tasks that are of the selected type. Options include "Traditional", "Synchronization", and "Advanced".
    • Task Status is - Selects tasks whose status matches the selected status. Options include "Scheduled", "Disabled or Unscheduled", and "Incomplete".
    • Folder/Filemask contains - Selects tasks whose sources and/or destinations contain the entered text in the folder and/or filemask fields.
    • Source/Destination/Src or Dest/Next Action/Any host is - Selects tasks that contain a source, destination, source or destination, next action, or any step that uses the selected host.
    • Process script is - Selects tasks that contain a process that calls the selected script.
    • Scheduled to run - Selects tasks that have schedules that cause the task to run on the selected day or days, and the selected time or within the selected time period. Available date criteria are:
    • On specific date - Selects tasks that are scheduled to run on the specified exact date. This option will check all scheduled tasks to see if their schedules match the provided date. For example, if a task is scheduled to run on all Wednesdays, a specific date of April 19, 2006 would match that task.
    • On selected days - Selects tasks that run on the selected day of the week or month.
    • By DateList - Selects tasks that run according to the selected DateList.

      Available time criteria are:

    • Any Time - Selects tasks that run at any time of day.
    • At - Selects tasks that run at the specified exact time of day.
    • Between - Selects tasks that run between the two specified times of day.

In the figure, the information panel at the bottom of the application shows the currently-selected filter and a count of tasks that are selected by the filter.

Per-Task Debugging

When a set of tasks is selected using the task filter, the Custom Debug Level option becomes available on the Log tab. This allows the user to select a custom debug level to be temporarily applied to the currently selected tasks, which will override the current system debug level. The selected tasks will output debug information at that higher level, while the rest of the system will use the system level. This helps facilitate the debugging of problem tasks without the need to raise the entire system debug level, which can cause performance problems on heavily used systems. If the task filter is changed at any point, the custom debug level will be reset automatically.

The Show System Messages option is also available here. When enabled, the Log tab will display system-level messages in addition to messages from the tasks selected by the filter.

Finally, an option to write the log output to a local disk file is available. Check the Save To Disk option to begin using this feature. You will be prompted for a filename to save the log information to. Once a filename has been specified, log information will be written to the file as long as the option is checked. Clicking the checkbox off, or changing the task filter, will cause MOVEit Automation Admin to stop writing to the log file and close it.

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