Tail Job Files

Tail the job files to view the progress of the job.

Depending on the state of the job, the job files that you are viewing may be stored on either the local desktop or on the remote PAS server.

While a job is running results files are maintained on the remote PAS server. These files can be displayed by viewing the contents of the Running Folder. Once the job completes, the job results files are written to the Output folder in Job Summary.

  1. Click the Jobs tab located in the upper left-hand of the page.
    The job monitoring page is displayed with the list of the jobs that is submitted to a cluster.
  2. Perform one of the following options:
    • Click the last submitted job name.
    • Double-click the running job name.
    • Right click the running job and click the View Details from the context menu.
    The job summary page is displayed with Running Folder tab.


    Figure 1. Job Running Folder
    Note: Based on the job status, the job files tab is displayed. If the job selected is completed, then the Output tab is displayed. If the job selected is in running state, then the Running Folder tab is displayed.
  3. Choose one of the following options:
    • If you want to open the file in the default application, double-click the file.
    • If you want to open the file in the default application, right-click the file and select Open in the context menu.
    • If you want to choose an application and to set a default application to open the file, right-click the file and select Open With.
    Tip: To set a default application to open a file based on the file extension, then select Always Use this check-box.
    The file will be opened in the application:


    Figure 2. Opened File
  4. Click located in the upper right-hand of the page.
    The file will be displayed with the tailing options like Play, Pause, and Stop.


    Figure 3. Tailing the File