---
alias: user-guide-automation-factory-automation
tags:
- automation
- connect iot
description: "Manage and monitor active automation jobs and queued IoT events within the system"
---

# Factory Automation

:lock: AutomationJob.**Restart**

:lock: AutomationJob.**Stop**

:lock: JobManagement.**View**

The **Automation** page enables the user to visualize the existing **Automation** job instances active in the system, stopping or restarting according to the needs of the user, as well as the queue of IoT events already enqueued and currently awaiting processing.

## Jobs list

This view lists all the system jobs that are active in the system. The user is able to filter the job instances according to the following filters:

* Timeframe
* Type
* Mode
* Scheduling State
* System State

The user can also group the jobs by the following fields:

* Controller
* Scheduling State
* System State
* Type

The system also provides the user with the possibility to search for a particular job instance by using the *Search* box.

!!! info
	All jobs that are in error state will be displayed provided they are not terminated and have been updated before the system configuration setting `/Cmf/System/Configuration/FactoryAutomation/DaysToKeepJobsInError`. The default value for this configuration is `14` (days).

![factory_automation_jobs_list_view][factory_automation_jobs_list_view]

The user can stop or restart any job from this panel by pressing the **Stop** or **Restart** buttons on the ribbon.

### Restart Automation Job

To restart the execution of a running job in the controller, the user must press the **Restart** button on the ribbon. A wizard will open and after confirming the data contained therein, the user can press the **Restart** button to request that the job be restarted.

!!! info
	In order to restart the Automation Job, it must be *Active*, in System State *Executing* in Schedule State *Error*. It must also not have any Active Child Automation Jobs.

![restart_automation_job][restart_automation_job]

### Stop Automation Job

To stop the execution of a running job in the controller, the user must press the **Stop** button on the ribbon. A wizard will open and after confirming the data contained therein, the user can press the **Stop** button to request that the job be stopped.

!!! info
	In order to stop the Automation Job, it must be *Active* and the System State must be *Executing*.

![stop_automation_job][stop_automation_job]

## IoT Events Queue

This view displays a list of the queued events in the system still awaiting processing. The user is able to filter the queued events by the following filters:

* Timeframe
* System State

The user can also group the events by the following fields:

* Event Definition
* State

The system also provides the user with the possibility to search for a particular event by using the *Search* box.

![factory_automation_events_queued_view][factory_automation_events_queued_view]

!!! info
	For more information, see the [[tutorials-factoryautomation]] tutorial.

[factory_automation_events_queued_view]: ../images/factory_automation_events_queued_view.png
[factory_automation_jobs_list_view]: ../images/factory_automation_jobs_list_view.png
[restart_automation_job]: ../images/restart_automation_job.png
[stop_automation_job]: ../images/stop_automation_job.png