This article explains the functionality and feature overview of the task monitor.

Introduction

The task monitor displays an overview of tasks from data collection to data transfer.

With the task monitor, you can achieve the following, among others:

• Receive a high-level overview of your account’s activity.
• See errors in the pipeline and retry failed tasks.
• Display detailed data for each task.
• Understand the status of your data batch.
• See how much time each task in the pipeline took.

Opening the task monitor

To open the task monitor, follow these steps:

1. In the top left corner, click  Select Workspace.
2. From the list, select the Workspace you have chosen to work with in Connect, Enrich & Transfer.
3. Click the Connect element.

The three bars below the Adverity elements are task monitor KPI boxes.

Successful tasks

The Successful tasks KPI box displays:

• The number of successful tasks today.
• The number of successful tasks compared to yesterday.

This KPI box includes scheduled and manual fetches. Days are based on the user timezone.

New failed tasks

The New failed tasks (today) KPI box displays the number of failed tasks today. You can acknowledge a failed task. As a result, the task is not displayed in the Failed tab. Acknowledging a failed task does not affect the numbers in the New failed tasks (today) KPI box.

To acknowledge a failed task:

1. Click the Connect element.
2. In the top left corner, click Select Workspace.
3. From the list, select the Workspace you have chosen to work with in Connect, Enrich & Transfer.
4. (Optional) Click the Failed tab.
5. Find a failed task.
6. Click Acknowledge.

Running tasks

The Running tasks KPI box displays the number of tasks that are currently processed. Below, you see the status of the currently running tasks.

Displaying tasks of child Workspaces

You can display all child workspaces' tasks in the task monitor of the parent workspace.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click the Connect element.
2. In the top left corner, click Select Workspace.
3. From the list, select the Workspace you have chosen to work with in Connect, Enrich & Transfer.
4. Click Administration.

Check Show tasks of subworkspaces.

Previewing Data Extract

To preview the fetched data, follow these steps:

1. Click the Connect element.
2. In the top left corner, click Select Workspace.
3. From the list, select the Workspace you have chosen to work with in Connect, Enrich & Transfer.
4. In the All tasks tab, click the task whose data you want to preview.
5. In the Extracts section, click the hyperlinked element.
6. You see your Data Extract, the table containing the data that you fetched.

Note: One of the possible tags of your Data Extract is the Overwritten tag. It means that there is a newer version for the same data included in another task. If you refetch data for the same task, the Overwritten tag is displayed on your old Data Extract. This tag can be more frequent for the Unique by day setting in Local Data Retention. If Unique by day is enabled for your Datastream, every day is a separate file. If you refetch the data for the same date, the data is overwritten.

Configuring unique by day data collection

To fetch data uniquely by day:

1. Click the Connect element.
2. In the top left corner, click Select Workspace.
3. From the list, select the Workspace you have chosen to work with in Connect, Enrich & Transfer.
4. In the left navigation panel, click Datastreams.
5. Find and click Datastream you have chosen to configure.
6. Find configuration in the left-hand menu, click Local Data Retention.
7. Choose Unique by day.
8. Click Save.

Task Details

Task State

The label at the top explains the overall state of the task. The possible values are the following: 

• Success
• Failed
• Running
• Pending

Refetch

The Refetch button deletes the task and executes it again.

Acknowledge

Each failed task has an Acknowledge button. Acknowledged failed tasks are not displayed in the Failed tab.

Fetch

This stage displays the Connector Type, the time range for which data is collected, and the time task took to finish.

Enrich

This stage displays the progress of data transformation. If you have not specified transformations for your data, this stage is skipped.

Transfer

This stage displays the progress of data transfer to the Destination. If you have not specified a Destination, this stage step is skipped.

Errors & Warning

When a stage fails, errors or warnings are displayed below it. To run the failed stage again, click Retry.

Extracts

This area shows the list of Data Extracts that contain the collected data.