The Job Manager

The Job Manager, which is similar to other managers in Abaqus/CAE, allows you to do the following:

Related Topics
Understanding analysis jobs
Creating, editing, and manipulating jobs
Using the job editor

  • Create an analysis job and associate the new job with a selected model or input file.

  • Edit the selected analysis job.

  • Copy, rename, or delete the selected analysis job.

    Note:

    A job associated with a model can be copied only to a job associated with a model. A job associated with an input file can be copied only to a job associated with an input file.

In addition, the Job Manager allows you to do the following:

  • Write an input file for a model-based job without submitting it for analysis.

  • Perform a data check on a model.

  • Submit a job for analysis.

  • Continue an analysis to completion after performing a data check.

  • Monitor the analysis as it progresses.

  • View the results from a job.

  • Kill a job that is currently running.

You can display the Job Manager by selecting JobManager from the main menu bar. Figure 1 shows the layout of the Job Manager.

Figure 1. The Job Manager.

The four columns of the Job Manager display the following:

Name

The Name column displays the name of the job. Click Rename to rename the selected job.

Model

The Model column displays the name of the model or input file associated with the job.

Type

The Type column displays the job type that you selected when you configured the job using the job editor. The job type can be one of the following:

  • Full Analysis

  • Recover

  • Restart

(See Selecting a job type for more information.) You can use the job editor to change the job type as long as the job is not running.

Status

The Status column displays the current status of the analysis job and is updated continually while your job is running. The status can be one of the following:

None

The job has not been submitted for analysis.

Check Submitted

The input file has been written, and the model is being submitted for a data check.

Check Running

The data check of the model is running.

Check Completed

The data check of the model has completed successfully; you can now continue with the full analysis.

Submitted

The input file has been written, and the job is being submitted for a full analysis.

Running

The job has been submitted for a full analysis and is running.

Completed

The analysis is complete. You can click Results to view the contents of the output database and graphically verify your results.

Aborted

The job has been aborted due to problems such as fatal errors in the input file or lack of disk space.

Terminated

The job has been killed by the user.

For detailed instructions on using the Job Manager to create, edit, and manipulate jobs, see the following sections: