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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