Task List

The Task List is a list of the tasks that you have initiated in Alloy Discovery. Here you can see the progress of each task from Pending to Finished status.

NOTE: To view and manage all scheduled tasks, use the Settings App. For details, see Managing the Task List.

Once a task is initiated, it appears in the Task List under the name of the Inventory Server that performs this task. Thus, the tasks are shown broken down by the Inventory Server instances registered in the database. For example, if you have two Inventory Server instances in the database, the Task List may simultaneously display the progress of the Audit task run by the first Inventory Server instance and the progress of the Check for New Snapshots task run by the second Inventory Server instance. When the server is inactive (stopped or uninstalled), it is presented with the monochrome icon . Active (running) Inventory Server instances are presented with the colored icon .

Once a task from the Task List is completed, the Changes notification message appears on the status bar (for details, see Menus and Toolbars). You can click the displayed notification to refresh the data immediately and hide the message. Otherwise, it stays displayed until the data is refreshed automatically.

The Task List is shown in a special pane at the bottom of the main Alloy Discovery window.

• To view the details of a task:

  • Double-click a task in the list. The task details will be shown in the Task Progress window.

• To restart a task:

  • Select a task and click Restart on the Module menu.

• To cancel a task:

  • Select a task and click Cancel on the Module menu.

• To remove a task from the Task List:

  • Select a task and click Delete icon on the Module menu. Alternatively, you can choose Remove from the pop-up menu.

• To view the Server Log of a task:

  • Select a task and click View Logs > Server Log on the Module menu. Alternatively, you can choose Server Log from the pop-up menu. The log details will be shown in the Server Log window.

• To view the Task Log of a task:

  • Select a task and click View Logs >Task Log on the Module menu. Alternatively, you can choose Task Log from the pop-up menu. The log details will be shown in the Notepad.

• To refresh the Task List:

  • Click Refresh on the Module menu.

• To clear the Task List:

  • Click Clear on the Module menu.

• To hide the Task List:

  • Select View > Task List from the main menu, or click the Show/Hide Task List icon on the Tasks bar.

• To display the Task List:

  • Select View > Task List from the main menu, or click the Show/Hide Task List icon on the Tasks bar.

Related Information:

How to Audit Computers and Discover Network Devices

Inventory Server Manager

Related Information for Administrator:

Managing the Task List