Knowledge Base

In Alma, a job is an action that takes place behind the scenes. Some jobs are run automatically by Alma, and others can be initiated by staff. It’s misleading when Alma says a job was completed successfully. It’s a good idea to look at the job reports even if the job completed successfully.

1. Go to Manage Jobs and Sets > Admin > Monitor Jobs.
2. Go to the History tab.
3. Search or browse for the job. You can use filters and change the date range.
4. Next to the job, click … ("More actions"), then click Report.

List of Alma job statuses

Alma Status	Symbol	Did the Job Change Anything?	Explanation	Examples
Aborted by System		No	Canceled by Alma
Aborted by User		No	Canceled by a person
Completed successfully		Yes	The job ran without errors, but this doesn’t necessarily mean the job did what it was expected to do.	Update PO Lines Information job did not update any PO lines.
Completed with Errors		Partially		SUSHI harvesting job was able to harvest some but not all usage data.
Completed with no bulks		No	The job couldn’t find anything to update.
Completed with Warnings		Partially		Add Members to Set job was able to add some but not all members to a set.
Failed		No	Something went wrong.