In Job Templates "INITAIL JOB STATUS" & "FINAL JOB STATUS" should have an option "Maintain Status"

Question

Hi All,

We are using ArcGIS enterprise version: 10.9.1 & ArcGIS Pro V 2.9

Based on the job, we have defined different 'status' codes like 'pending', 'reject', 'return' etc...

After completing the job we want to retain the status defined in the "paths'.

After the completion of job, currently it is overwriting the status as "Ready" which is defined in the template under INITIAL JOB STATUS

"Maintain Status" option is useful for us to extract the reports like, how many jobs are 'rejected', 'pending' are 'closed'.

@JFarmer any suggestions or alternative to achieve this. Thanks.

Regards,

Sirish

Ulises · Answer

There should also be a way to dismiss the job as soon as any of the "final status" options are defined.  In our workflow an editor can identify that the job should be cancel or return at any time without having to move thru every step (define loi, create a version, edit in pro, etc).  We don't want the editors to skip important steps nor prompt the users repeatedly if they can continue or change status.   Any suggestions are welcome.

SMH-Rio · Answer

I believe you may have already discovered the solution, but it may be useful for others:

I had the same problem with the step being executed even with the "automatic" option, and I discovered the solution here:

"If the step's User Prompt and Step Help parameters don't contain values, the step completes automatically."

Source: https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/workflow/latest/help/start-end.htm

Removing the user prompt and step help in the manual step made it run automatically.

SMH-Rio · Answer

The "maintain status" option in Final Job Status has not yet been introduced, correct? I'm having the same problem as described in the initial post.

The workaround described by @RobertSmith1  involves creating additional status calculations throughout the flow, work that the path itself could do on its own.