Overview

The Activities table contains a list of all the activities run in JetPatch. 

Each activity represents an action performed in your environment in real time - this could be a pre- or post-patching activity, a patching action, or a task being run. Navigate to Endpoints → Activities from the left menu.

Activities is a great page for viewing actions in your environment at a very granular level. By using the filters, you can find specific activities and understand issues better through detailed reports and exit codes.

Activity Types

Activities are divided into several task types:

Activity Statuses

Activity statuses are displayed with relevant colors in the table:

Filters

If you are searching for a specific activity, it is best to use the filters at the top of the page:

• Search – Filter by keyword, activity name, or endpoint name.
• Task – Filter by the name of a specific task. This can include tasks involved in Workflows or tasks that were run independently.
• Task Type – Filter by the high-level type of task being run (e.g., Pre Patch, Patch, Post Patch, System).
• Remediation Plan – Sort all the tasks associated with a specific Remediation Plan.
• Endpoint Group – Sort on all tasks that relate to the endpoints in a specific Endpoint Group.
• Activity Status – Filter by the outcome of activities. Useful for sorting on errors or failures (see Activity Statuses above).
• Started By – Filter by who planned or ran the activity.
• More Filters:
  • Exit Code
  • Operating System (of the endpoint)
  • Start Date
  • End Date

Columns

The Activities table contains the following columns:

• Activity – The name of the activity that took place.
• Endpoint Name – The name of the endpoint on which the activity ran.
• Type – The high-level task type (e.g., Patch, Post Patch, System).
• Remediation Plan – The Remediation Plan was a task that was part of it, if applicable.
• Status – The outcome of the activity.
• Start Time – The exact time the activity started.
• End Time – The exact time the activity ended.
• Exit Code – The exit code returned by the activity. This is especially important when things do not go as planned. By selecting the ⓘ icon, you can gain very detailed information about where the failure took place.

When an activity fails, a link at the top of the details panel provides a list of exit codes with an explanation of what each one means. For more information, see the What do these exit codes mean article.

View Task Details

For more information about a task or patch, click View Details in the last column of the table.

• The activity details can be copied or downloaded directly from the details panel.

If the Activity Status is failed, you can find more information about the failure with the What do these exit codes mean article 

Cancel Activities

You can cancel activities, but only if they are in Queued status. Activities that are already In Progress cannot be canceled.

Rerun an Activity

Users can rerun an activity that ended either successfully or unsuccessfully, without the need to navigate to another screen or go through a large number of clicks.

When clicking the Retry button on a specific activity, the following behavior applies:

• The same task will be re-run immediately on the relevant endpoint.
• Support: “Run as Unmanaged Task” (if configured).
• Ignore: “Run at specific time” (if configured) - the rerun will execute immediately regardless.
• A new activity row will be added to the table for the rerun.

RBAC

Reports

Reports can be downloaded by clicking on the Download Reports icon at the bottom left of the page. If the page is filtered, the report will also be filtered accordingly.

The available reports are:

• Full Activities Report (CSV) – Downloads extended information on the filtered activities.
• Activities Report without Details – Downloads the same report as above, but without the activity details.