Housekeeping task is a maintenance process that checks and maintains the integrity of data and data relationships. This is an essential task since the system handles large databases in a dynamic environment.
Housekeeping process performs the following tasks:
- Workflow data is resynced with job description data
- Parent/child settings are checked for errors and corrected
- Meta-data is checked and corrected
- Version number is checked against the number of archives
- Employee reporting structures are resynced
- Employee counts are updated for job descriptions and managers
Housekeeping is a quick solution if there is a data inconsistency in job descriptions.
- Jobs that are in the active workflow may not retain the changes after housekeeping.
- Ensure to select the appropriate flags while running the housekeeping task.
- It may take several hours to complete the housekeeping task for all job descriptions.
- If you wish to run the housekeeping task in segments, run the task at the end of the day.
To run the housekeeping tasks on job descriptions
- Select the job descriptions for which you wish to run the housekeeping task.
- Click More, point to Data Management, and select Housekeeping on Jobs.
This displays the Job Housekeeping dialog box.
- Select the following:
- Process selected – To perform housekeeping on the selected jobs
- Process all – To perform housekeeping on all jobs
- Click Start Housekeeping.
This displays the following message after the housekeeping is complete:
- Click OK.
This displays the process results at the bottom as shown:
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