The Background Processes tab shows all active and non-active processes in STEP. Each time there is any activity such as imports, exports, bulk-update, creating collections, etc, there is a background processes, BGP, which generates the logs and lets the users know if the process was successful. In the event of an unsuccessful background process, an error message is displayed showing the reason for failure.
Background process contains:
This action is used when there are lot of logs or lines under the execution report, and if a user wants to view any particular information, such as an error or warning. The user can truncate the logs accordingly by setting the parameters in the 'Truncate execution report' dialog.
For example, if the execution report has 50 lines, and a user wants to see only 19 lines among the report that are error related.
Number of lines to retain: 19
Execution report entry types to delete: Enable check box for 'Info' & 'Warning'
Click on 'OK' button
Result: This will truncate the execution report and retain only the first 19 error lines.
Note: Once the lines are removed, they cannot be recovered again.
Based on the type of activity being generated, there are many different kinds of background processes. A few are mentioned below:
In the Background process tab, there are two option for viewing BGPs. A user logged in can choose to see only the BGPs that they have initiated, or the user could choose to see all the BGPs run by everyone. These two options can be selected by clicking on either the 'One Man and Gear' button or the 'Two Men and Gear' button.
One Man and Gear: This icon, 
, will display the background process run by the user who has logged into the STEP system.
Two Men and Gear: This icon, 
, will display the background process run by all users of the STEP system. To have this privilege available, the 'View Background Processes of Other Users' setup action must be added for the users who need access to this feature. For information on privileges, see the Setup Actions topic in the System Setup documentation here.
Fore each background process started, there are four states that it could enter. Below each state is described in detail:
Active Process
This shows the list of processes which are currently being executed. If there are any processes which failed, then those processes will still be in the active process node, but highlighted in Red color.
Queued Process
This shows the list of processes which are in queue. Once the active processes are complete, the queued process moves to the active process.
Completed with Errors
This shows a list of processes which are completed, but with a few errors. The minor errors are displayed with the details, but the one’s which can be processed will eventually complete.
Note: 'Completed with Errors' option is only available for Import manager pipeline, Smartsheet Import, Stateflow dead line, and Match code process.
Ended Process
This displays a full list of all the processes which have been processed without any errors.
For information on Background Process Queues, please see the Background Process Queues topic in the System Setup documentation here.
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