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Chapter 7 Managing Tasks
Details View
WhenyouselectataskinthetasklistoftheTaskView ,youcanseedetailsofthatparticulartaskintheDetails
Viewinthelowerhalfofthescreen.TheDetailsViewhastwotabs:SummaryandTaskProgress.
Summary Tab
TheSummarytabappearsbydefaultwhenyouselectataskinthetasklist.Itshowsasummaryoftheoptions
anddetailspertainingtotheselectedtask,asconfiguredinthewizard.Theinformationfallsintothree
categories:Sourcesysteminformation,destinationsysteminformation(notusedin“ConfigureMachine”
tasks),anddestinationcustomization.
AnEditlinkappearsintheupperleftcorneroftheSummarytab.UseittoreopentheConvertMachineor
ConfigureMachinewizardtomakemodificationstothetask.Thislinkisavailableonlyifthetask’sstatusis
queued,failed,orcanceled.See“Edita
Taskonpage 63.
Task Progress Tab
TheTaskProgresstabdisplaysthestepsinvolvedintheconversionforthattaskandthestatusofeachstep.
Forataskthatisrunning,thetabshowswhichstepiscurrentlyinprogressandthetimethestepstarted.The
percentageofcompletionforthetaskandanestimate
oftimeremainingappearsinthetasklist.
Whenthetaskisfinished,orstopsrunningbecauseitiscanceled,thesystemdisplaysanotewithinformation
onwheretofindthelogsforthetask.AnothersourceforthesameinformationistheLogInformationlinkat
thetopof
thetab.
Converterdoesnotstorethetaskprogressinformationbeyondthecurrentsession.Ifyouclosetheapplication
andrestartit,theTaskProgresstabdisplays[InformationUnavailable]forpreviouslyfinishedtasks,and
doesnotcontainaLogInformationlink.
Figure 7-2. Completed Task
Starting and Canceling Tasks
Ifnoothertasksareinqueue,ataskstartsimmediatelyafterfinishingthestepsintheConversionwizard.If
othertasksareinqueue,ataskisputattheendofthequeueandcanrunassoonasitisable.Insomecases
thatcanbeimmediately,
dependingonthesettingofthenumberoftasksthatcanrunconcurrently.See
“ControltheNumberofTasksRunningConcurrently”onpage 64.
Formoreinformationaboutchangingtherunorderforatask,see“ChangetheRunOrderonpage 64.For
moreinformationaboutforcingaqueuedtaskto
run,see“ForceaQueuedTasktoRun”onpage 62.