Task Auto Retry

File Access Manager can set an auto-retry on task, whereby tasks will be automatically run again a preconfigured number of times in case of failure. The tasks that can be retried are configured by task type.

By default, most task types are set to auto retry twice. See list below for task types set to auto retry:

 

Access Certification Campaign Reminder Emails

Access Requests Reminder Emails

Application Deletion

Built-in Application Permissions Only Collection

Business Resource Deletion

Classify Behavioral Rules

Classify Composite Rules

Crawler

Dashboard Widgets Calculation

Data Classification

Global Campaign Reminder

Identity Collector Synchronization

Import Data Classification Results

Import User Scope

eMail Reminder

Report

Report Template

Scheduled Alerts Deletion

Users Logical Drives Mappings

 

Access to this panel is controlled by the permission Settings > Task Management > Task Auto Retry.

To enable auto retry for tasks for File Access Manager

  1. In the web client, navigate to Settings > Task Management > Task Auto Retry.

  2. Click Enable Auto Retries for Failed Tasks.

  3. Set the number of retry attempts – the number of additional tries the system will run the task.

To set the task types that will be retried, complete the following:

  1. Select task types from the drop-down menu

Note: The drop down list includes all available task types that are not already selected for auto-retry. If all the task types are enabled, the Add Task Type field is disabled.

  1. Click Add to add the task type to the list.

To delete a task type from the list of task types to retry, complete the following:

  1. Locate the task type from the task type list

  2. Click the trash icon on the row of the task type to delete.

  3. Click Save or Discard to save or discard the changes made on this panel.