Monitoring IBM Workload Scheduler jobs that run Informatica PowerCenter workflows

When the scheduled time to run a plug-in job is reached, the job is run by the agent and the selected workflow is invoked with the chosen parameters.

You can monitor and even interrupt the job by using the monitoring features of IBM Workload Scheduler. You can monitor jobs by using any of the product interfaces.

For information about monitoring jobs and job streams, see Monitoring IBM Workload Scheduler jobs.

When monitoring the job from Dynamic Workload Console, you can display detailed information about the Informatica PowerCenter workflow and run actions either on the workflow, or on any first-level tasks that are in the workflow, if these are session tasks or worklets. You cannot display or run actions on :
  • Tasks that are not session tasks.
  • Inner session tasks.
  • Inner worklet tasks.
During the workflow execution, the Workflow details panel displays information about active worklets or session tasks, that is, worklets or session tasks that already started on the Informatica PowerCenter server. The Workflow details panel does not display information about:
  • Worklets or session tasks that have not yet started.
  • Workflow instances related to a previous run.
  • Worklets or session tasks that are running but not with their original name (that is, they have been renamed by using Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager).
If all the worklets or session tasks fall into this list, the Workflow details panel is empty.
Note: To display workflow details, click the hyperlink Workflow details in the Job Type column, in both the Monitor jobs and Monitor Critical jobs views of Dynamic Workload Console. However, if the version of your engine is earlier than V9.3.0.2, workflow details are displayed only in the Monitor jobs view.
Note: To display workflow details, click the hyperlink Workflow details in the Job Type column in the Monitor jobs view of the Dynamic Workload Console. The Monitor Critical jobs view does not display workflow details.
Note: To display the Workflow details panel, your dynamic domain manager must be at version 9.3.0.2 or later.

From the Workflow details panel of Dynamic Workload Console, if the Informatica PowerCenter workflow fails, you can restart it from the failed task. For details about restarting an Informatica PowerCenter workflow, see the procedure for restarting a workflow from the failed task: Procedure for restarting an Informatica PowerCenter workflow from the failed task.

When the job completes, the status of the plug-in job reflects the status of the run workflow and a job log is made available. The job log shows the status, start date, and end date of any first-level tasks that are in the workflow, if these are session tasks or worklets.
Note: If worklets or session tasks are renamed by using Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager, an erroneous status is reported in the job log. For details, see Incorrect worklet status displayed in the job log.

Details that are produced by Informatica about the run of the workflow are also copied into the job log after the task status.

For detailed information about how to access the job properties by using the various interfaces available, see Analyzing the job log.

Messages

All the messages that are issued by the plug-in are described in IBM Workload Automation: Messages and Codes.