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Playbook Monitor

Playbook Monitor

You can view the status of playbook jobs in Fabric View > Automation > Playbook Monitor.

You can perform the following actions on the Playbook Monitor table:

  • Click Refresh to refresh the table view.

  • Select the checkbox for playbook jobs and click Delete to remove them from the table view.

  • Use the Search field to find specific playbook jobs.

The Playbook Monitor table includes the following columns:

Column

Description

Job ID

The unique ID of the playbook job.

The ID includes the date and time that the job began as well as a unique number.

Playbook The name of the playbook as configured in Fabric View > Automation > Playbook .
User Displays the name of the administrator who started the playbook job when configured with theOn Demand trigger.
Start Time The date and time that the job began.
End Time The date and time that the job ended.

Status

The current status of the job. Statuses include:

  • Running: The job is currently running.
  • Success: The job has finished with all tasks completed successfully.
  • Failed: The job has finished with one or more tasks failing to complete successfully.

Details

Clicking the Details icon shows the status of each task run by the playbook.

After clicking the Details icon for a playbook job, the Playbook Tasks dialog displays. This dialog provides details about the tasks, including their status, in a table view.

Task statuses include:

Task status

Description

Scheduled Scheduled to run.
Success Completed successfully.
Failed Failed to complete.
Upstream_failed Failed because the task could not connect with an upstream device.

Playbook jobs that include one or more failed tasks are labeled as Failed in Playbook Monitor, however, individual actions may have been completed successfully.

Playbook Monitor

You can view the status of playbook jobs in Fabric View > Automation > Playbook Monitor.

You can perform the following actions on the Playbook Monitor table:

  • Click Refresh to refresh the table view.

  • Select the checkbox for playbook jobs and click Delete to remove them from the table view.

  • Use the Search field to find specific playbook jobs.

The Playbook Monitor table includes the following columns:

Column

Description

Job ID

The unique ID of the playbook job.

The ID includes the date and time that the job began as well as a unique number.

Playbook The name of the playbook as configured in Fabric View > Automation > Playbook .
User Displays the name of the administrator who started the playbook job when configured with theOn Demand trigger.
Start Time The date and time that the job began.
End Time The date and time that the job ended.

Status

The current status of the job. Statuses include:

  • Running: The job is currently running.
  • Success: The job has finished with all tasks completed successfully.
  • Failed: The job has finished with one or more tasks failing to complete successfully.

Details

Clicking the Details icon shows the status of each task run by the playbook.

After clicking the Details icon for a playbook job, the Playbook Tasks dialog displays. This dialog provides details about the tasks, including their status, in a table view.

Task statuses include:

Task status

Description

Scheduled Scheduled to run.
Success Completed successfully.
Failed Failed to complete.
Upstream_failed Failed because the task could not connect with an upstream device.

Playbook jobs that include one or more failed tasks are labeled as Failed in Playbook Monitor, however, individual actions may have been completed successfully.