The System Console provides details on active and completed tasks, files imported and exported by PhixFlow, and the audit trail of changes made to PhixFlow's configuration.
Active Tasks
Displays a log file summary for each task that is currently active.
If a Log File is selected from the list with a right click, the Show Log File option can be chosen from the context menu to bring up the log file.
Active Tasks can be stopped at any time, if required (this may be useful when testing new models) by pressing the button.
Completed Tasks
Displays a log file summary for each task that has completed.
If a Log File is selected from the list with a right click, the Show Log Details option can be chosen from the context menu to bring up the log file.
If the stream sets generated by an analysis run were rolled back and the analysis repeated (see under Stream Sets form below), the log file entry will have a button in the Status field. Pressing this button will bring up the new log file that was produced when the Analysis run was redone.
If the stream sets generated by an analysis run were rolled back, the log file entry will have a button
in the Status field. Pressing this button will bring up the log file for the rollback.
The following buttons are available for Completed Tasks:
| Apply a filter to the list of Completed Tasks. |
| Refresh the list of Completed Tasks. |
Messages
The log messages for the currently selected log file. For each message the following fields are shown:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | The type of message e.g. INFO, WARN, ERROR or DEBUG |
| Code | The numberic error message code. |
| Message | The summary message output by the analysis engine. |
The following buttons are available for log messages:
| Apply a filter to the list of log messages. |
| Refresh the list of log messages. |
Log message details
Double-click on a log message to see further details. In addition to the standard fields, you will also find, on its own tab, the message detail:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Message Detail | Displays the values of the variables in the parser or detailed stack trace. Populated if an error occurs during analysis or a debug attribute function has been processed. |
Imported/Exported Files
Imported/Exported Files
A list of files that have been read into PhixFlow by File Collectors or produced by PhixFlow File Exporters. This is found on the Imported/Exported Files tab on the System Console, on the Imported/Exported Files tab in the Task Logs tab on the System Console, or when viewing the details of an individual file.
By right clicking on a file you can select Show Log File from the context menu. This will bring up the log file of the Analysis run that handled this file - whether as a file imported or exported.
By right clicking on a file you can select Show File Importer/Exporter. This will being up the configuration of the importer or exporter used to handle this file.
Imported/Exported Files
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Cycle | The analysis cycle in which the file was processed. |
| Processed At | Date and time that file was processed |
| Type | Imported or Exported |
| File Importer/Exporter | The Importer or Exporter used to handle this file. |
| Status | Status of the file. |
| Records | The number of records in the file. |
| FTP Site | The FTP Site the underlying file handler is attached to, if there is one. |
| Location | The location of the file on the file system. |
Form Icons
The form provides the standard form icons.
Stream Sets
The Stream Sets for the currently selected Task.
If the Stream Sets generated by an Analysis run produced a number of Cycles, and one or more Cycle was rolled back and repeated, then Status field will contain a symbol to indicate whether:
this Stream Set was originally generated as part of this Analysis run, but has been moved forward into the log for the Analysis to generate those Stream Sets which were rolled back and repeated.
Log File
For each Task Plan or Analysis Task run, a Log File is generated. These can be viewed in the Task Logs view. While a task is running the Log File can be viewed in the Active Tasks list, once it has finished it can be viewed in the Completed Tasks list.
Form: Log File Details
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Analysis run owner. |
| Started | The date and time that this Analysis run was started. |
| Finished | The date and time that this Analysis run finished. |
| Initiator Type | The PhixFlow object that was used to launch this Analysis run. |
| Tasks | The number of individual Tasks that were run as part of this Analysis run. |
| Info | The number of information messages contained in the Log File. |
| Errors | The number of error messages contained in the Log File. |
| Warnings | The number of warning messages contained in the Log File. |
| Cancelled | Whether this Analysis run was cancelled by a user. |
Form Icons
The form provides the following icons:
 | This icon is only available if this Log File is the result of a request to rollback and redo the Stream Sets from a previous Analysis run. Pressing this brings up the Log File for the original Analysis run. |
Log Messages
The Log Messages in this Log File. The user can drill down on each message to see further detail.
Imported/Exported Files
The Imported and Exported Files for this Analysis run.
Form Icons
The form provides some of the standard form icons.
Alarms
The Alarms for this Analysis run.
Form Icons
The form provides the standard form icons.
Stream Sets
The Stream Sets for generated by this Analysis run.
Form Icons
The form provides the following icons:
 | Attempt to run analysis again for any failed Stream Sets. |
 | Roll back the data for each Stream Set, and run Analysis again. Note that when data is rolled back, any subsequent - "downstream" - Stream Sets will also be rolled back. After "reprocessing" a Log File in this way, the Log File will be flagged as "Reprocessed", and no Stream Sets will be associated with it. |
| Roll back the data for each Stream Set. Note that when data is rolled back, any subsequent - "downstream" - Stream Sets will also be rolled back. |
Form Icons
The form provides the following icons:
Attempt to run analysis again for any failed Stream Sets. | |
Roll back the data for each Stream Set, and run Analysis again. Note that when data is rolled back, any subsequent - "downstream" - Stream Sets will also be rolled back. After "reprocessing" a Log File in this way, the Log File will be flagged as "Reprocessed", and no Stream Sets will be associated with it. If the Stream Sets cover a number of Cycles, pressing this will bring up the Repeat Cycle Analysis dialogue, so that you can choose which Cycles you want to rollback and redo. | |
Roll back the data for each Stream Set. Note that when data is rolled back, any subsequent - "downstream" - Stream Sets will also be rolled back. If the Stream Sets cover a number of Cycles, pressing this will bring up the Rollback Cycles dialogue, so that you can choose which Cycles you want to rollback. |