Job Statuses

Note: For this topic, it's important to understand the concept of Jobs.

There are four basic Job states:

Initial
Pre-running
Running
Final

Every Jobgoes through all four states, and Jobs cannot return to a previous state.

The runtime of an Job begins when a Workflow call or Job call starts running (including any Pre Running action time), and ends when it reaches a final status (excluding any post-running action time).

Statuses and States

Initial States

Status	Code	Description
New	-	The Job has been submitted, but not yet validated.
Workflowed	P	A Workflow call has been requested, and all Job calls and Steps in the Workflow have been created and are awaiting execution.
Disabled	J	The Job Server will not execute the Job due to a manual request from the user. If a Workflow call is restarted, any Job calls with Disabled status will not be executed.
Delayed	D	The start of the Job has been delayed.

Pending States

Status	Code	Description
Scheduled	S	The Job has a valid start time and is waiting for execution.
QueueHeld	B	The Job's Queue has been manually paused.
Held	H	The execution of the Job has been manually paused.
EventWait	V	The Job is waiting for an Event to be raised.
LockWait	I	The Job cannot obtain a lock and is waiting for one to be released.
Queued	Q	The start time is known, but the Job cannot yet be executed.
Dispatched	q	The Job has been dispatched to a Service, but the Service has not yet started the Job.
Assigned	a	The Job has been accepted by a Service, but it has not been started yet.

Active States

Status	Code	Description
PreRunning	6	The Pre Running code is being executed for the Job.
Running	R	The Job is being executed by a Service. Once it has entered this state, the Service that is running this Job no longer needs any access to the Job' parameters.
PostRunning	8	The post-running code is being executed for the Job.
Waiting	W	The Job is waiting for the result of the execution of another Job.
Killing	G	A request was made to kill the Job and the Service has honored that request.
Canceling	c	A request was made to cancel the Job and the Service has honored that request.
Console	O	The Job has issued an Operator Message and is waiting for a reply.
Uncertain	u	The Job runner has terminated early, or the Job was still running when the Job Server was restarted. There may be an accurate termination message for the Job waiting to be processed. If there is, the Job will go into the appropriate state. Otherwise it will go into status Unknown after a timeout.

Console States

Status	Code	Description
Console	O	The Job has issued an Operator Message and is waiting for a reply.
ConsoleRestart	o	An Operator Message needs to be replied to in order to decide what to do with this Job Definition.

Manual Intervention States

Status	Code	Description
Console	O	The Job has issued an Operator Message and is waiting for a reply.
Held	H	The Job has been manually paused.
`<final_state>`		An Job in any final state with an Operator Message.

Final States

Status	Code	Description
Completed	C	Process execution finished successfully.
Error	E	The Job failed.
Killed	K	The Job was terminated while it was running (the Job status was Running, Waiting or Console).
Canceled	A	The Job was terminated before execution commenced.
Skipped	T	The Job Server has not executed a Job call due to a precondition or the usage of the "Start at specified Step" scheduling parameter. When the Workflow call is restarted, the Job Server will re-evaluate Job calls with the status Skipped.
Ignored	j	This Job was ignored as a result of being Disabled when the Workflow was submitted.
Unknown	U	The Service was terminated while the Job was running (Job status was Running, Waiting, or Console).

Special States

Status	Code	Description
Modified	M	A resubmit or restart has failed, and the Job has been put into status Modified. It will not start without intervention.
Never	N	Due to conflicting Time Windows, Time Window elements, or a shutdown Job Server, the Job will not execute for at least two years. The start time is set to December 31st, 2999.
Overdue	F	The Job did not run in the first Time Window opened after the Job start time.

Note: A Job may be deleted in an SAP System before its final status has been retrieved by RunMyJobs. In this case, the Job will go to status Unknown.

Note: A Job is set to Modified when a resubmit or restart fails, not when the Job Definition is changed.