Manage Upcoming Activities for a Specific Day

You can choose to view a list of all upcoming activities that are scheduled for a specific day.

Each entry is listed by name and shows the request time and the priority. A bar chart show the total number of scheduled and canceled entries for each hour of the day. The chart legend shows the total number of scheduled and canceled entries for the day.

You can sort the Request time, Status, and Priority columns. You can choose to view a list of background activities or interactive activities.

In IBM Cognos Administration, each entry also indicates the user who scheduled it. You can sort by user.

In IBM Cognos Administration, you can cancel scheduled runs of entries, reschedule entry runs that have been canceled, and set priorities. You can suspend entries indefinitely or suspend them until a specific date. For more information see, Suspended Activities

You can click Show Details Show details icon to see more information. For each entry, this displays Last Execution Response Time and Path, for example, Public Folders > Samples > Cubes > Great Outdoor Sales (cube).

You can filter the entries to display only those you want. You can choose the date and time for which you want to view upcoming activities. You can filter by status, priority, type, and scope.

In IBM Cognos Administration, you can also filter by the user that scheduled the entry and the entry owner.

In IBM Cognos Administration, you can also filter to determine how many scheduled entries are currently suspended. For more information, see Suspended Activities

You can also change the priority of an entry in the queue Manage Entry Run Priority.

Procedure

If you are an administrator, from the Launch menu, click IBM Cognos Administration. On the Status tab, click Upcoming Activities.
If you are a user, in IBM® Cognos Connection, in the upper-right corner, click the my area options button , click My Activities and Schedules, and in the left pane, click Upcoming Activities.
In the Filter section, click the filtering items that you want to use.
Tip: If you want to use advanced filtering options, click Advanced options. To reset all selections to the default settings, click Reset to default.
Click Apply.
After applying the filter,
- The list shows the entries that you selected.
- The filter status line shows the criteria used to generate the list.
- The bar chart shows the scheduled and canceled entries by hour for the specified day.
The list of entries, filter status line, and chart are updated whenever you redefine the filter and click Apply. The list of entries and filter status line do not change when you browse the chart to a different date.

To perform an action on an individual entry, click the Actions arrow for the entry and select the action. To perform an action on several entries, select the check box for the entries you want and then click one of the following buttons on the toolbar.

The following table specifies the actions available for entries and the associated icons:

Table 1. Manage upcoming activities for a specific day actions and icons
Action	Icon
Show Details (top right-hand corner)
Hide Details (top right-hand corner)
Cancel the run (Actions menu beside entry)
Suspend entries (Actions menu beside entry)
Run suspended entries (Actions menu beside entry)
Re-schedule a run that was canceled (Actions menu beside entry)
Set Priority (Actions menu beside entry)

Tip: To select all entries in the list, select the check box for the list.