Querying Administrative Events

To display scheduled and completed events, first complete the following fields, and then click Finish or click Cancel to end the task.

Schedule Name

Select the name of the schedule for which events are displayed. This parameter is required. You can use a wildcard character (*) to specify this name. All matching schedule names are queried.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date of the time range for the events to be displayed. All events that were scheduled to start during this time are displayed.

The settings for Begin Date are:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies the date for the beginning of the time range in MM/DD/YYYY format.

Example: 01/31/1997

TODAY Specifies that the beginning of the time range is the current date. The default is Today.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies that the beginning of the time range is a specific number of days before the current date. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To query events scheduled to start during the past 7 days, you can specify one of the following parameter combinations: Begin Date=Today-7 End Date=Today or Begin Date=-7 End Date=Today

TODAY +numdays or +numdays Specifies that the beginning of the time range is a specific number of days after the current date. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To query events scheduled to start two days from now, you can specify one of the following parameters: Begin Date=Today+2 or Begin Date=+2

Begin Time

Enter the beginning time of the range for events to be displayed. All events scheduled to start during this time are displayed.

The settings for Begin Time are:

HH:MM:SS Specifies the beginning of the time range on the specified begin date using HH:MM:SS format. The default is 00:00.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies that the beginning of the time range is the current time on the specified begin date.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies that the beginning of the time range is the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start 3 hours from now, you can specify one of the following parameters: Begin Time=Now+03:00 or Begin Time=+03:00 ADSM displays events at 12:00 on the specified begin date.

NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies that the beginning of the time range is the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start during the last 4 hours, you can specify one of the following parameters: Begin Time=Now-04:00 End Time=Now or Begin Time=-04:00 End Time=Now ADSM displays events at 5:00 on the specified begin date.

End Date

Enter the ending date of the time range for events to be displayed. All events that were scheduled to start during this time are displayed. This parameter is optional.

The settings for End Date are:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies the date for the end of the time range in MM/DD/YYYY format. The default is the value used for the Begin Date.

Example: 04/30/1997

TODAY Specifies that the end of the time range is the current date.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies that the end of the time range is a specific number of days before the current date. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To query events scheduled to start during a one-week period that ended yesterday, you can specify one of the following parameter combinations: Begin Date=Today-8 End Date=Today-1 or Begin Date=-8 End Date=-1

TODAY +numdays or +numdays Specifies that the end of the time range is a specific number of days after the current date. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To query events scheduled to start during the next week, you can specify one of the following parameter combinations: Begin Date=Today End Date=Today+7 or Begin Date=Today End Date=+7

End Time

Specifies the ending time of the range for events to be displayed. All events scheduled to start during this time are displayed.

The settings for Endtime are:

HH:MM:SS Specifies the time for the ending of the time range on the specified end date using HH:MM:SS format. The default is 23:59.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies that the ending of the time range is the current time on the specified end date.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies that the ending of the time range is the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified end date.

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start 3 hours from now, you can specify one of the following parameters: Begin Time=Now End Time=Now+03:00 or Begin Time=Now End Time=+03:00

NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies that the ending of the time range is the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified end date.

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start during the last 4 hours, you can specify one of the following parameters: Begin Time=Now-04:00 End Time=Now or Begin Time=-04:00 End Time=Now ADSM displays events at 5:00 on the specified end date.

Exceptions Only

Select the type of query information you want on scheduled or completed events.

Yes Specifies that only exceptions (those events which failed or did not execute as scheduled) will be displayed.
No Specifies that information on past and projected events is displayed. The default is No.

Display Format

Select how the information is displayed.

Standard Specifies that partial information for events is displayed. The default is Standard.
Detailed Specifies that complete information for events is displayed.