Job Status


You use this window to view the jobs submitted to factories in your account, check on jobs in progress, and view jobs that are complete.Click the Job Status button in the User's Panel in the main console to display the Job Status window.

Toolbar Commands

The Job Status window displays a toolbar with buttons, for convenient access to common job commands (from left to right):

Delete: Delete the selected job

History/Status: Display the status or history of selected job

Find: Search for terms in the subject field of a job

Repeat Find: Repeat search of previously located term

Preview: Play the media (Requires URL of playable media)

Open: Display details about the selected job

Resubmit/Forward: Display Message Viewer window for job (only with Dup Original).

Job Tables

In the top panel, FlipFactory displays active and scheduled jobs; in the bottom panel, FlipFactory displays all of the jobs in your account. Select a job to operate on it.

Displaying Job History/Status

To display the status of a job in progress or the history of a complete job, select the job in either panel and click the History/Status icon (2nd from left - hover to view name) in the toolbar.

FlipFactory displays the Message Progress window and displays each action in the selected job.

When you display the job status of a job in progress, FlipFactory displays each action, the session or action information, start time and status, sorted by the start time. If an action contains no sessions, just the action is displayed as an entry. If an action has one or more session, each session is displayed.

If a job is scheduled for future processing, no actions are displayed.

If you select a completed job, FlipFactory provides similar information.

When you display the job status of a complete job, FlipFactory displays each action, the session information, start time, and the complete time in the status column.

Deleting a Job

You can delete any job that has not yet started, is being flipped, or is complete. Jobs in other states may not be deleted until they are complete.

Step 1

To delete a job, select the job and click the Delete icon.

Step 2

FlipFactory displays a confirmation dialog.

Step 3

Click Yes to permanently remove the job or No to cancel

Note: To select multiple jobs, press the shift key to make a contiguous selection; press the control key to make a non-contiguous selection of jobs.

Finding Jobs by Subject

To locate a job listed in the All Jobs (lower) table of the Job Status window by searching the subject fields, click the Find icon in the toolbar. FlipFactory displays a Find window.

Enter the text you want to search for and click OK. (To find an exact match, check the Find Exact Subject checkbox.) FlipFactory begins at the top of the list and searches. If FlipFactory finds a match, it is highlighted; if not, FlipFactory advises you via a dialog. Once you have found a match, the Repeat Find icon (to the right of the Find icon) is activated. Click it to repeat your search downward through the list.