Jobs View

The Jobs view provides comprehensive job management capabilities including monitoring, submission, cancellation, and batch operations.

Jobs Demo

Jobs view showing job list, filtering, and batch operations

Overview

The Jobs view displays a table of all SLURM jobs with detailed information and provides actions for job management. It supports both single-job operations and powerful batch operations for managing multiple jobs simultaneously.

Table Columns

The jobs table displays 11 columns:

Column	Width	Description	Alignment
ID	10	Job identifier	Left
Name	20	Job name	Left
User	10	Job owner username	Left
Account	12	Billing account	Left
State	12	Job status (color-coded)	Left
Partition	10	Compute partition	Left
Nodes	8	Number of nodes	Right
Time	10	Time used	Right
Time Limit	10	Maximum runtime	Right
Priority	8	Job priority	Right
Submit Time	19	Submission timestamp	Left

Color Coding

State column: Color varies by job state
- Green: RUNNING, COMPLETED
- Yellow: PENDING, CONFIGURING
- Red: FAILED, CANCELLED, TIMEOUT
- Cyan: SUSPENDED
Table header: Teal
Selected rows: Yellow highlight

Single Job Actions

View Job Details

Shortcut:

Enter

Shows detailed information about the selected job:

Job ID, name, and user
State, exit code, and reason
Partition and QoS
Node allocation
Time information (submit, start, end)
Resource usage (CPU, memory)
Working directory and command
Standard output/error paths

Submit New Job

Shortcuts:

s/S

(wizard),

F2

(templates)

Two submission methods:

Job Submission Wizard (
```
s/S
```
): Step-by-step guided submission
Job Templates (
```
F2
```
): Pre-configured job templates

See Job Management for detailed submission guide.

Cancel Job

Shortcut:

c/C

Cancels the selected job (available for RUNNING or PENDING states).

Confirmation dialog shows:

Job ID and name
Current state
User and partition

Hold Job

Shortcut:

Places a PENDING job on hold, preventing it from starting.

Release Job

Shortcut:

Releases a held or suspended job, allowing it to run.

Available for:

SUSPENDED jobs
PENDING jobs (that were held)

Requeue Job

Shortcut:

q/Q

Requeues a completed, failed, or cancelled job for re-execution.

View Job Output

Shortcut:

o/O

Opens the job output viewer with:

Standard output (stdout)
Standard error (stderr)
Real-time log streaming for running jobs

See Job Streaming Guide for details.

View Job Dependencies

Shortcut:

d/D

Shows job dependency graph:

Jobs this job depends on
Jobs that depend on this job
Dependency types (afterok, afterany, etc.)

Batch Operations

Enter Batch Mode

Shortcut:

b/B

Opens the batch operations menu for managing multiple jobs.

Multi-Select Mode

Shortcut:

v/V

Toggles multi-select mode for selecting specific jobs.

In multi-select mode:

```
Space
```
- Toggle selection for current row
```
Ctrl+A
```
- Select all jobs
```
ESC
```
- Exit multi-select mode

Selection status shows: "Selected X jobs"

Batch Actions

When multiple jobs are selected:

Cancel - Cancel all selected jobs
Hold - Hold all selected pending jobs
Release - Release all selected held jobs

State-Based Batch Operations

Operate on all jobs in a specific state:

Cancel all PENDING jobs
Hold all PENDING jobs
Release all SUSPENDED jobs

Filtering & Search

Simple Text Filter

Shortcut:

Activates the filter input box. Filters jobs by:

Job ID
Job name
Username
Account
Partition
Any displayed column value

Special syntax:

```
p:name
```
or
```
partition:name
```
- Filter by partition

Example:

then type "gpu" to find all jobs with "gpu" in any field.

Advanced Filter

Shortcut:

F3

Opens the advanced filter bar with expression-based filtering.

Filter expressions:


state:RUNNING
user:alice
partition:gpu
nodes:>4
priority:>=1000

Supported fields:

```
id
```
- Job ID
```
name
```
- Job name
```
user
```
- Username
```
account
```
- Account name
```
state
```
- Job state
```
partition
```
- Partition name
```
nodes
```
- Node count (supports >, <, >=, <=, =)
```
timelimit
```
- Time limit
```
timeused
```
- Time used
```
priority
```
- Priority (supports comparison operators)
```
qos
```
- Quality of Service
```
submittime
```
- Submission time
```
starttime
```
- Start time
```
endtime
```
- End time
```
workdir
```
- Working directory
```
command
```
- Job command

Operators:

```
=
```
- Exact match
```
:
```
- Contains
```
>
```
,
```
<
```
,
```
>=
```
,
```
<=
```
- Numeric comparison

Example filters:


state:RUNNING partition:gpu
user:alice priority:>500
nodes:>=8 state:PENDING

Press

ESC

to exit advanced filter mode.

State Filtering

Shortcut	Filter
`a/A`	Show all states
`p/P`	Show pending jobs only

User Filtering

Shortcut:

u/U

Opens dialog to filter jobs by specific username.

Global Search

Shortcut:

Ctrl+F

Opens global search across all views (jobs, nodes, partitions, users, accounts, QoS, reservations).

Sorting

Sort jobs by clicking column headers or using keyboard shortcuts.

Sortable columns:

State
Priority
Submit Time

Press column number

1-9

to sort by that column. Press again to reverse sort direction.

Auto-Refresh

Jobs view auto-refreshes every 30 seconds by default.

Toggle auto-refresh:

m/M

When disabled, use

for manual refresh.

Action Menu

Shortcut:

F1

Shows context-sensitive action menu with all available actions for the selected job.

Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Job Operations

Key	Action
`Enter`	View job details
`s/S`	Submit job (wizard)
`F2`	Job templates
`c/C`	Cancel job
`H`	Hold job
`r`	Release job
`q/Q`	Requeue job
`o/O`	View output
`d/D`	View dependencies

Selection & Batch

Key	Action
`b/B`	Batch operations menu
`v/V`	Toggle multi-select mode
`Space`	Toggle row selection (in multi-select)
`Ctrl+A`	Select all (in multi-select)

Filtering & Search

Key	Action
`/`	Simple filter
`F3`	Advanced filter
`Ctrl+F`	Global search
`a/A`	Filter all states
`p/P`	Filter pending
`u/U`	Filter by user
`ESC`	Exit filter mode

Data Management

Key	Action
`R`	Manual refresh
`m/M`	Toggle auto-refresh
`F1`	Action menu
`1-9`	Sort by column

Job Submission

Job Submission Demo

Job submission wizard with step-by-step configuration

The job submission wizard (

s/S

) guides you through:

Basic Information
- Job name
- Script or command
- Working directory
Resource Requirements
- Partition
- Number of nodes
- CPUs per task
- Memory requirements
Time Limits
- Wall time
- Time limit format (days-hours:minutes:seconds)
Advanced Options
- Account
- QoS
- Job dependencies
- Email notifications
- Output/error file paths

See Job Management for detailed submission guide.

Tips

Use
```
v/V
```
for multi-select when you need to operate on specific jobs
Use batch operations by state when you want to affect all jobs in a state
Press
```
F3
```
for powerful filtering with expressions
Use
```
partition:name
```
syntax in simple filter for quick partition filtering
Check job output with
```
o/O
```
to debug issues
Use
```
d/D
```
to understand job dependencies before canceling
Enable auto-refresh (
```
m/M
```
) for monitoring active jobs
Press
```
F1
```
when unsure what actions are available for a job