Managing long running Application Engine processes

In the Application Engine Processes dashboard, you can view details of long running Application Engine processes, and stop or force stop those processes. Stopping a process stops it gracefully. Force stopping a process stops it immediately and may leave it in an inconsistent state.

Process details include process name, start time, duration, and stop time if appropriate. The list of processes is cleared after a defined time or if the Log Service worker or managers is restarted.

You can select processes and click the View Log button to view their application logs.

Note: The View Log button launches the log viewer only for processes that have a Correlation ID. Correlation IDs are automatically generated only for background processes. To generate a Correlation ID for a synchronous or asynchronous process, create and start a custom log filter that includes the Execute Process event ID at the Information level. To display the Correlation ID column, and other columns, in the grid, click Columns and select the appropriate check boxes.
  1. Select Dashboards > Farm Administration > Application Engine Processes.
    The dashboard lists any running processes. Refresh the dashboard to update the list of processes and their statuses.
  2. Optionally, stop or force stop a process. Select the check boxes of the processes to stop and click Stop or Force Stop, then click Stop Process or Force Stop Process in the respective confirmation dialog box.
  3. Optionally, view the application logs for one or more processes. Select the check boxes of the processes and click View Logs.
    The log entries for the selected processes are displayed in the View Application Logs dashboard. You cannot view the logs of processes that do not have a correlation ID.
  4. Optionally, if a process has parameters, click the entry for the process in the Parameters column of the grid to view the parameters and their values.