Creating a custom filter for jobs in the job history

You can create custom filters to limit the jobs that appear in the job history.

To create a custom filter for jobs in the Job History

  1. On the navigation bar, click Job Monitor.

  2. On the Job List tab, in the Job History pane, in the Filter list, click <new custom filter>.

  3. Type a unique name and a description for this filter.

  4. Do any of the following:

    To filter by job type

    • Under Criteria, click Job Type.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Check the check boxes for the types of job on which you want to filter. Uncheck the check boxes for the types of job on which you do not want to filter.

    To filter by the job status

    • Under Criteria, click Job Status.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Check the check boxes for the types of job status on which you want to filter. Uncheck the check boxes for the types of job status on which you do not want to filter.

    To filter by the server a job was created on

    • Under Criteria, click Created On.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Check the check boxes for the types of server on which you want to filter. Uncheck the check boxes for the types of server on which you do not want to filter.

    This option displays only if you have the Central Admin Server Option installed.

    To filter by media server

    • Under Active Job Criteria, click Media Server.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Check the check boxes for the media servers on which you want to filter. Uncheck the check boxes for the media servers on which you do not want to filter.

    This option displays only if you have the Central Admin Server Option installed.

    To filter by media server pool

    • Under Active Job Criteria, click Media Server Pool.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Check the check boxes for the media server pools on which you want to filter. Uncheck the check boxes for the media server pools on which you do not want to filter.

    This option displays only if you have the Central Admin Server Option installed.

    To filter by protected server

    • Under Criteria, click Protected Server.

    • Type the name of the server on which you want to filter.

    To filter by job name

    • Under Criteria, click Job Name.

    • Type the name of the job on which you want to filter.

    To filter by date range

    • Under Criteria, click Date Range.

    • Do one of the following:

      Click Do not use a date range if you do not want to filter by specified dates.

      Click Show last, and then enter the amount of hours or days on which you want to filter.

      Click Show using the following date range. Check From, and then enter the date and time on which you want to begin to filter jobs. Check To, and then enter the date and time on which you want to end the filter.

    • Click Show only the last occurrence of a job.

    To filter by byte count

    • Under Criteria, click Byte Count.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Do one of the following:

      Check Greater than, and then enter the amount of the byte count and the type of bytes on which you want to filter.

      Check Less than, and then enter the amount of the byte count and the type of bytes on which you want to filter.

    To filter by elapsed time

    • Under Criteria, click Byte Count.

    • Check Enable this filter.

    • Do one of the following:

      Check Greater than, and then enter the amount of time on which you want to filter.

      Check Less than, and then enter the amount of time on which you want to filter.

  5. Click OK.