Specifications

8. Running flows
8.1 Monitoring flow execution
Viewing an active flow
An active flow is currently being executed by Switch server, i.e. it is processing jobs. The active
state is indicated by the icon next to the flow name in the Flows pane, and by the darkened
background in the canvas. See Activating and deactivating flows on page 73 and Flows pane
on page 41.
While executing a flow the canvas provides visual feedback about the number of jobs residing
in each backing folder, and about problem jobs and problem processes, as described in this topic
below.
More extensive feedback about flow execution is provided elsewhere; for more information see:
• Viewing log messages on page 107
• Viewing processes on page 111
• Viewing flow problems on page 111
• Activity monitor and workload management on page 114
Number of jobs
When a flow is active, the canvas attaches a small rectangle to each flow element that has a
backing folder, as shown above. The number in the rectangle reflects the number of jobs residing
in the flow element's backing folder.
For performance reasons Switch stops counting at 100 jobs. When a backing folder contains 100
or more jobs, the rectangle displays the symbol for infinity.
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