Managing Queued Phantom Processes

Use the Phantom Manager view of the Phantom Status screen if you are controlling the number of phantom processes that a single user or all users can run in total. For example, on the Phantom Status screen, use the Opts hot key. If you set the maximum number of phantom processes to 100 and your system hit that threshold, all the phantom processes executed after that point get queued much like a print queue.

Note: Use the System Event Notification control maintenance record to schedule notifications when phantom processes do not finish successfully.

Use the Phantom Manager screen to view the phantom processes the system is waiting to run. From here you can force the process to run or cancel the process.

To manage queued phantom processes:

From the System menu, select Phantom Status to display the Phantom Status window.
Use the Manage menu option to change the view and window title to Phantom Manager.

The system displays the following information for each queued process. The processes display in the order in which they reside in the queue stack.

Field	Description
Start	The time, in your time zone, when the report or program began running.
Date	Date when the report or program began running.
Program	Name of the process that is running.
User	User ID.
Process ID	Phantom process ID.
Priority	Priority assigned to the process.
Process State	The process status.

To change a phantom process priority, perform the following steps:

Select the process to move and use the Shift hot key.
Move the cursor to the position in the queue stack to which you want to move the process and press Enter.

Use the following menu options, as needed:

Menu Option	Function
Kill	For reports, prompts you to cancel or reschedule the phantom report on which the cursor is positioned. Select one of the following options or press F12 to abort: Kill - Cancels the report and sends a message to the user who originated the report. The system prompts you to confirm this action. Reschedule - Displays the Phantom Scheduler screen, where you can reschedule the report. The system then cancels the report and sends a message to the user who originated the report indicating when the report is rescheduled to run. Note: To use this hot key, users must be assigned PHANTOM.MANAGER.PRIORITY Level 3 authorization.
Detail	Displays the Phantom Status Detail screen, where you can view the following detail information for the selected process: Process ID - System ID number for the process. Account - Eclipse account running the process. User Number - System-generated number associated with the user running the process. Start Time - Time when the process starts. Start Date - Date when the process starts. Phantom Name - Program name of the process. Phantom ID - Eclipse table ID associated with the phantom program. Process State - Current state of the process, such as Started. Type - Process type, such as Phantom. System User - User who initiated the process. Status - What the process is doing now.
Select	Limit the phantom processes displayed by entering selection criteria. A screen prompts you to Enter Select Pattern. Enter characters from the Start Time, User ID, Program, or Status fields for the phantom processes you wish to view.
Shift	Flags the phantom process on which the cursor is positioned for moving to a new location. After using this hot key, move the cursor to a new position in the list and press Enter.
Run	Runs the phantom process on which the cursor is positioned. Note: To use this hot key, users must be assigned PHANTOM.MANAGER.PRIORITY Level 3 authorization.
Priority	Prompts authorized users to change the priority assigned to the selected process.
Views	Displays the following options for changing the screen view: Start Time/Ecl. Users/Program/Status Start Time/Start Date/Program/Status Start Time/Process ID/Program/Status
Proc Stat	Displays the status of the process on which the cursor is positioned.
Time Zone	Displays a prompt where you can change the time zone in which the processes on the screen are displayed.
Log	Displays the Phantom Activity Log Viewing screen, where you can view the log of phantom process activities.
Status	Toggles the Phantom Manger view to the Phantom Status view, where you can view process status.
Opts	Displays the Phantom Maintenance screen, where you can edit the system phantom parameters that control the number of phantoms running.

Exit the window.