JPH05113963A - Job state display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten response time and to display the state of a job in a unified form in the case of displaying the state of the job, which is inputted to any one of distributed processing network systems equipped with the various types of systems, at a request side system. CONSTITUTION:A job state periodical inquiry processing means 1 periodically inquires the state of the job of a system B executing the job. Corresponding to this inquiry, a job state acquiring means 8 retrieves the state of the relevant job from a job management table 9 and returns the state of that job. When the state of the job is returned, a job state updating means 3 updates a job information table 4. On the other hand, a job state inquiry command processing means 5 retrieves the state of the relevant job from the job information table 4 corresponding to the display request of a user from a terminal T. Then, a job state data editing means 6 edits the state of the job into a prescribed message form and displays the message at the terminal T.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a job status display system in a distributed processing network system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Distributed processing is performed by a computer network system for the purpose of improving processing efficiency. In general, the individual systems (computer systems) that make up the distributed processing network system are not the same model but different models.

By the way, it is often necessary for the requesting system to know the status of a job submitted to any one of the distributed processing network systems. In this type of distributed processing network system, it is necessary to meet the user's request. A function for displaying the job status on the terminal is provided.

The conventional job status display system is characterized by the following points.

Each time the user makes a display request, the system that has submitted the job inquires about the status of the job.

In the system that receives the inquiry about the job status, the message relating to the job status display is edited and returned, and the requesting system outputs the returned message as it is.

[0007]

Since the conventional job status display system has the above-mentioned features, the following drawbacks have been pointed out due to its configuration.

Since the job status is inquired to another system after receiving the display request from the user and the information is displayed after being displayed, the processing efficiency is low and the response time is long.

Since the message relating to the job status display is created in the message format of the system that executes the job, the display format differs depending on the other system.
Hard to see.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a job status display system capable of displaying in a unified format with a fast response time. ..

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a method for displaying the status of a job submitted to any one of distributed processing network systems including systems of different models in a requesting system. In the above, in the request-side system, a job-status inquiry periodic processing unit that periodically inquires about the status of the job with respect to the system in which the job is executed; A job status acquisition unit that retrieves and returns the corresponding job status from the requesting system; a job status updating unit that is provided in the requesting system and updates the job information table when the job status is returned; Of the corresponding job status from the job information table in response to the display request from the terminal Job status inquiry command processing means for searching and job status data editing means provided in the requesting system for editing the status of the job searched by the job status inquiry command processing means in a predetermined message format and displaying it on the terminal. I am preparing.

As another invention aimed at improving only the message format, the response time does not become a problem.
In the method of displaying the status of the job submitted to any one of the distributed processing network systems including the systems of different models in the requesting system, the job is provided in the requesting system and the job is sent in response to the display request from the terminal. Job status inquiry processing means for inquiring the status of jobs to the system being executed, and job status acquisition means provided in the request receiving system for searching the status of the corresponding job from the job management table and returning it And a job status data editing means provided in the requesting system for editing the status of the returned job in a predetermined message format and displaying it on the terminal.

[0013]

In the job status display system of the present invention, the job status inquiry periodic processing means provided in the system requesting the job status display periodically sends the job status to the system in which the job is executed. Inquire about the status. In response to this, the job status acquisition unit provided in the request receiving system searches the job management table for the status of the corresponding job and returns it. Then, the job status updating means provided in the requesting system updates the job information table when the status of the job is returned. On the other hand, the job status inquiry command processing means provided in the requesting system retrieves the status of the corresponding job from the job information table in response to the user's display request from the terminal. Then, the job status data editing means provided in the requesting system edits the status of the job retrieved by the job status inquiry command processing means into a predetermined message format and displays it on the terminal.

According to another aspect of the invention, the job status inquiry processing means provided in the job status display requesting system responds to the system executing the job in response to the display request from the terminal. Queries the job status. In response to this, the job status acquisition unit provided in the request receiving system searches the job management table for the status of the corresponding job and returns it. Then, the job status data editing means provided in the requesting system edits the status of the returned job in a predetermined message format and displays it on the terminal.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a job status display system of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, in this embodiment, systems A and B connected between different models via a communication path L and a system A are connected.
And a terminal T operated by a user on the side. Here, the requesting side of the job status display is system A.
Further, the other systems configuring the distributed processing network system are not limited to the illustrated system B.

In the system A, as a part related to the present invention, a job status inquiry regular processing means 1, a data transmission / reception processing part 2, a job status updating means 3, a job information table 4, and a job status inquiry command processing. Means 5 and job status data editing means 6 are provided.

Further, the system B is provided with a data transmission / reception processing section 7, a job status acquisition means 8 and a job management table 9 as parts related to the present invention.

The details of the functions and the like of each unit will be described through the following operations in order to avoid duplication.

First, the job status inquiry regular processing means 1 periodically inquires the status of a job via the data transmission / reception processing section 2 to another system B to which a job has been submitted from the system A. At this time, the job information table 4 is referred to in order to know which system to inquire.

FIG. 2 shows a logical configuration of the job information table 4, which is composed of a terminal block 41, a system name block 42, and a plurality of information blocks 43.

The terminal block 41 stores a head pointer indicating the head address of the system name block 42.

The system name block 42 constitutes an array ARRAY, and each array element ARRAY (0), ARRAY (1), ARRAY (2), ... Has an information block corresponding to the system name and the job submitted to that system. An information pointer indicating the top address of the chain of 43 is stored as a pair.

The information block 43 stores a job name, the status of the job, and a NEXT pointer indicating the address of the information block 43 corresponding to another job submitted to the system. The information block 43 is
Each time a new job is submitted from the terminal T, it is added under the corresponding system name.

In the example of FIG. 2, jobs with job names "JOB1", "JOB2", and "JOB3" have been input to the system B, and the respective states are "JOB".
"1" is running, "JOB2" is abnormally terminated, "JOB3"
Indicates that it is waiting for output.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing details of the processing of the job status inquiry periodic processing means 1.

The job status inquiry periodic processing means 1
First, "0" is assigned to the counter I (step 10).
1).

Next, the system name is obtained by referring to the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 (step 102).

Then, the obtained system name is EOP (end of
It is determined whether it is a pointer (step 10)
3).

If it is not EOP (N in step 103), the acquired system name is used as the data transmission / reception processing unit 2
(Step 104). In response to this, the data transmission / reception processing unit 2 transmits, as communication data, data for inquiring about the statuses of all jobs submitted from the system A to the system having that system name.

Then, the counter I is counted up (step 105), and the process returns to the acquisition of the system name from the job information table 4 (step 102).

On the other hand, if the system name obtained from the job information table 4 is EOP (Y in step 103), it means that the inquiry of all the systems has been completed, so waiting is performed for a fixed time (step). 10
6).

Next, it is judged whether the system A is terminated (step 107).

If system A does not terminate (step 1
In the case of (N of 07), the processing returns to the first processing (step 101) again, and when it is to be ended (Y of step 107), the processing of the job status inquiry periodic processing means 1 is ended.

Returning to FIG. 1, in another system B, which receives an inquiry from the system A via the communication path L about the status of the job specifying its own system name, the data transmission / reception processing unit 7 analyzes the communication data. , And passes data indicating that the statuses of all the jobs submitted from the system A are requested to the job status acquisition unit 8.

The job status acquisition means 8 searches the job management table 9 and passes the job name and job status input from the system A to the data transmission / reception processing section 7.

Here, the job management table 9 is configured in a format as shown in FIG. 4, for example, and stores a job name and the status of the job in association with each other, such as an operating system. The contents are managed by.

As the job name, the original job names "JOB1", "JOB2", "JOB3", etc. are added with ".A" or the like indicating the system name of the job submitting source, All jobs submitted from a predetermined system can be easily searched.

In the present example, since the statuses of all the jobs submitted from the system A are requested, the job status acquisition means 8 uses the "JOB1.A", "JOB2.A",
“JOB3.A”, ... And their respective states are passed to the data transmission / reception processing unit 7.

The data transmission / reception processing unit 7 recognizes the requesting system name from the end of the passed job name, and passes the system name "B" of its own to the system, in this case, the system A. All job names and statuses are sent as communication data.

In the system A, the data transmission / reception processing unit 2 analyzes the communication data transmitted from the system B via the communication path L, and obtains the transmission side system name "B", all job names and their statuses. It is passed to the job status updating means 3.

The job status updating means 3 updates the job information table 4 based on the passed data.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing details of the processing of the job status updating means 3.

The job status updating means 3 first receives the data of the sender system name, one or more job names and their status from the data transmission / reception processing section 2 (step 3).
01).

Then, "0" is substituted into the counter I (step 302).

Next, it is judged whether the passed system name is equal to the system name of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 (step 303).

If they are not equal (N in step 303), the counter I is incremented (step 30).
4) Return to the comparison of system names (step 303) again.

When both system names are the same (Y in step 303), the information pointer of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 is acquired (step 3).
05).

Next, the system name ".A" included at the end of the job name passed from the data transmission / reception processing unit 2 is removed to obtain the original job name (step 306).

Next, it is determined whether the job name is equal to the job name of the information block 43 pointed to by the information pointer in the job information table 4 (step 307).

If they are not equal (N in step 307), the NEXT pointer is acquired from the information block 43 (step 308), and the process returns to the comparison of job names (step 307).

When both are equal (Y in step 307)
In step S309, the job status of the information block 43 indicated by the pointer (information pointer, NEXT pointer) is updated (step 309).

Then, it is judged whether or not the passed job name still exists (step 310).

If it still exists (Y in step 310), the process returns to the acquisition of the information pointer (step 305), and if it does not exist (N in step 310), the process of the job status updating means 3 is terminated.

Returning to FIG. 1, when the user inputs a command to display the job status via the terminal T in the system A, the job status inquiry command processing means 5 refers to the job information table 4. Then, necessary data is acquired and the data is passed to the job status data editing means 6.

Here, there are the following three types of job status inquiries, and other than the job name are designated by options. -Specifying the job name-Specifying the system name that executes the job-Specifying the terminal that submitted the job

Specifying the job name means displaying the status of the job having the specified job name, and specifying the system name for executing the job means executing the job in the specified system. The statuses of all the jobs are displayed, and the specification of the terminal that has submitted the job is to display the statuses of all the jobs that have been submitted from the terminal that made the job status inquiry.
Note that, here, jobs that can be displayed are limited to those submitted by the user from a predetermined terminal.

Job status inquiry command processing means 5
The processing form of (1) differs depending on the inquiry form, and flowcharts of the processing in each case are shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8.

In FIG. 6, the job status inquiry command processing means 5 first receives the job name from the terminal T (step 501).

Then, "0" is substituted into the counter I (step 502).

Next, the system name is obtained by referring to the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 (step 503).

Then, it is judged whether or not the obtained system name is EOP (step 504).

If it is EOP (Y in step 504), the processing of the job status inquiry command processing means 5 is terminated.

If it is not EOP (step 5)
In (N of 04), the information pointer of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) of the job information table 4 is acquired (step 50).
5).

Then, it is determined whether the job name of the information block 43 pointed to by the information pointer is equal to the job name input from the terminal T (step 506).

If they are not equal (N in step 506), the NEXT pointer is acquired from the information block 43 (step 507).

Next, the obtained NEXT pointer is NU
It is determined whether or not it is LL (invalid mark) (step 508).

If it is not NULL (N in step 508), the process returns to the job name comparison (step 506). If it is NULL (Y in step 508), the counter I is counted up (step 509), and the system Returning to the acquisition of the name (step 503).

On the other hand, as a result of the job name comparison, if they match (Y in step 506), the system name already acquired (step 503) and the information block 43 pointed to by the pointer (information pointer, NEXT pointer) The job name and its status are passed to the job status data editing means 6 (step 510), and the processing of the job status inquiry command processing means 5 ends.

Next, in FIG. 7, the job status inquiry command processing means 5 first receives the system name from the terminal T (step 511).

Then, "0" is substituted into the counter I (step 512).

Next, the system name is obtained by referring to the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 (step 513).

Then, it is judged whether or not the obtained system name is EOP (step 514).

If it is EOP (Y in step 514), the processing of the job status inquiry command processing means 5 is terminated.

If it is not EOP (step 5)
14 N), it is determined whether or not the system name of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) of the job information table 4 and the system name passed from the terminal T are equal (step 515).

If they are not equal (N in step 515), the counter I is incremented (step 51
6) Return to system name acquisition (step 513).

If they are equal (Y in step 515), the system name is passed to the job status data editing means 6 (step 517).

Next, the information pointer of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) of the job information table 4 is acquired (step 518).

Next, the job name and the status of the information block 43 pointed to by the information pointer are acquired and passed to the job status data editing means 6 (step 519).

Next, the NEXT pointer is acquired from the information block 43 (step 520).

Next, the obtained NEXT pointer is NU
It is determined whether or not it is LL (step 521).

If it is not NULL (N in step 521), the process returns to the acquisition and delivery of the job name and status (step 519), and if it is NULL (Y in step 521), the job status inquiry command processing means 5 executes. The process ends.

Next, in FIG. 8, the job status inquiry command processing means 5 first receives from the terminal T a request to display the statuses of all jobs submitted from the terminal T (step 522). ).

Then, "0" is substituted into the counter I (step 523).

Next, the system name is obtained by referring to the I-th array element ARRAY (I) in the job information table 4 (step 524).

Then, it is judged whether or not the obtained system name is EOP (step 525).

If it is EOP (Y in step 525), the processing of the job status inquiry command processing means 5 is terminated.

If it is not EOP (step 5)
In N) of 25, the acquired system name is passed to the job status data editing means 6 (step 526).

Next, the information pointer of the I-th array element ARRAY (I) of the job information table 4 is acquired (step 527).

Then, the job name and the status of the information block 43 pointed to by the information pointer are acquired and passed to the job status data editing means 6 (step 528).

Next, the NEXT pointer is acquired from the information block 43 (step 529).

Next, the obtained NEXT pointer is NU
It is determined whether it is LL (step 530).

If it is not NULL (N in step 530), the process returns to the acquisition and delivery of the job name and status (step 528), and if it is NULL (Y in step 530), the counter I is incremented (step S530). 531) and returns to the acquisition of the system name (step 524).

Returning to FIG. 1, the job status data editing means 6
Edits the data passed from the job status inquiry command processing means 5 into the message format of the system A and displays it on the screen of the terminal T.

Next, FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a periodical job status inquiry is not made, but a job status display request from the user is awaited. The job status is inquired and editing is performed by the requesting system A. This example
It is suitable when the job status display request does not occur frequently or when a very fast response is not required.

In FIG. 9, the present embodiment is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the configuration of the system A, and the system A includes a job status inquiry processing means 1 ′, a data transmission / reception processing section 2 A job information table 4 ', a job status inquiry command processing means 5', and a job status data editing means 6 are included.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below.

In the system A, when the user inputs a command to display the job status via the terminal T, the job status inquiry command processing means 5 '.
Works.

Here, as the inquiries, there are a method of specifying a job name and a method of specifying a system name. The one that identifies the terminal is not provided here because it must communicate with multiple systems.

When the job status inquiry command processing means 5'receives the job name from the terminal T, the job status inquiry command processing means 5'passes the job name to the job status inquiry processing means 1 '. When the system name is received by specifying the option, the system name is passed to the job status inquiry processing means 1 '.

When the job status inquiry processing means 1'receives a job name, the job status inquiry processing means 1'searches the job information table 4'using the job name as a key to obtain the system name in which the job is executed.

Here, the job information table 4'is as shown in FIG.
The job name and the system name on which the job is executed are stored in association with each other. The job information table 4'is managed by the operating system or the like.

In FIG. 10, the job name is "JOB".
If "1" is specified, "B" is obtained as the system name.

Then, the job status inquiry processing means 1'passes the job name and the system name to the data transmission / reception processing section 2. Since the job name is unique on the network, the requesting system name is added to the end of the job name. For example, in the case of JOB1 input from the system A, "JOB1.A" is set.

On the other hand, the job status inquiry processing means 1 '
When the system name is accepted, passes the system name and data requesting the status of all jobs submitted from the system to the data transmission / reception processing unit 2.

The data transmission / reception processing unit 2 transmits the passed data to the other party's system as communication data. Here, it is assumed that the data is transmitted to the system B.

In the other system B, which receives an inquiry about the job name or the job state specifying the system name from the system A via the communication path L, the data transmission / reception processing unit 7 analyzes the communication data and determines the specific job. Is specified, the job name is passed to the job status acquisition means 8 when the statuses of all jobs submitted from the system A are requested.

The job status acquisition means 8 searches the job management table 9 and transfers the status of the requested job to the data transmission / reception processing section 7.

Here, the job management table 9 has the same structure as that of FIG. 4 already described, and the job status acquisition means 8 adds the job name (system name is added if the job name is specified). The job name and the status of the job. If the system name is specified, the job name and ".A" are added to the end of the job name. And the data transmission / reception processing unit 7
Pass to.

The data transmission / reception processing unit 7 recognizes the requesting system name from the passed job name and transmits the job name and the status of the job as communication data to the system, in this case, the system A. To do.

In the system A, the data transmission / reception processing unit 2 analyzes the communication data transmitted from the system B via the communication path L and passes the job name and its status to the job status data editing means 6.

The job status data editing means 6 edits the data passed from the data transmission / reception processing unit 2 into the message format of the system A and displays it on the screen of the terminal T.

[0114]

As described above, the job status display system of the present invention has the following effects.

Since the job status is inquired to other systems periodically in advance and the information is collected, the response time from the user's display request to the display can be greatly shortened. .

Since the message relating to the job status display is edited by the requesting system, it can be displayed in a unified format and the visibility can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a job status display system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a logical configuration of a job information table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing example of a job status inquiry regular processing means.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a logical configuration of a job management table.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of a job status updating unit.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing example of a job status inquiry command processing means.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another example of processing of a job status inquiry command processing means.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing of the job status inquiry command processing means.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the job status display system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a logical configuration of a job information table in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B: System T: Terminal L: Communication path 1: Job status inquiry regular processing means 1 '...: Job status inquiry processing means 2: Data transmission / reception processing section 3 ............ Job status update means 4, 4 '... Job information table 5, 5' ... Job status inquiry command processing means 6 ..... Job status data editing means 7 ..... Data transmission / reception processing portion 8 ..... … Job status acquisition unit 9 ………… Job management table

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for displaying the status of a job submitted to any one of distributed processing network systems including systems of different models in the requesting system, wherein the job is provided and executed in the requesting system. Job status inquiry periodic processing means for inquiring the job status to the existing system periodically and the job reception table which is provided in the request receiving system and retrieves and returns the corresponding job status from the job management table Means, and a job status update means provided in the requesting system for updating the job information table when the job status is returned, and a job status updating means provided in the requesting system for responding to a display request from the terminal. Job status inquiry command processing unit that retrieves the status of the corresponding job from the information table A job status data editing means provided in the requesting system for editing the status of the job searched by the job status inquiry command processing means into a predetermined message format and displaying it on the terminal. Display method. 2. A method of displaying the status of a job submitted to any one of distributed processing network systems including systems of different models in the requesting system, wherein the requesting system is provided with a display request from a terminal. Depending on the job status, the job status inquiry processing means for inquiring the status of the job to the system where the job is executed and the system on the request receiving side are provided, and the status of the corresponding job is searched from the job management table and returned. A job status data editing means provided in the requesting system and for editing the status of the returned job in a predetermined message format and displaying it on the terminal. Status display method.