The LP360 Job Manager , located on the LP360 Quick Access toolbar and in the Sensor Tab, is a convenient way to queue and manage background task processing. Typically, only one job may execute at any given time, but a user may queue many jobs of the same or differing types from within a project or across multiple projects. The processing of the queue occurs in order of submittal time on the machine on which the queue is created.

Figure 1: Job Manager dialog

Jobs List

Each row in the list represents a separate job. Job related information is displayed with each job:

• State - The current state of the job (queued, processing, error, etc.)
• Project Name - The name of the Project from which the Job was submitted, and the Complete Job steps will occur.
• Identifier - Identifying information for the source data for the job. 
• Type - Type of Job (StripAlign or Ortho Mapping)
• Processing Message - Provides information about action being currently performed.
• Description - The description includes the output as selected from the job dialog and the number of layers and photos in the job. 
• Complete Job Steps - Tasks to be performed when Complete Job is selected.
• Duration - How long the job took or the length of time a job has been queued and/or in progress.
• Submit/Start/End Time (UTC) - The time in UTC when the job was submitted, started and finished processing.
• Size (GB) - The amount of space being taken up by a job.
• Notification E-mail - The e-mail as configured in the LP360 Email Notification Settings at the time of submitting the job.
• Project Path - Location of the applicable project file.

Submitting Jobs To The Job Manager

A growing list of tools, such as AI Ground Classification, TrueView Sensor Processing, Geocoding, Post Process Trajectory, Cloud Transfer, DJI Terra Cloud, Strip Adjustment, Boresite Calibration, Ortho Mapping, Strip Align for LP360, and Agisoft Ortho Mapping, can submit jobs to the Job Manager. These tools that do so generally use a button labeled, “Submit … job”.

Monitoring The Job Manager

Jobs in the Job Manager queue may be monitored by opening the Job Manager dialog (Figure 1).

Note: The Job Manager is modeless and may be left open or closed without affecting the queue. The Job Manager icon will flash with a green checkmark when one or more jobs have completed, regardless of the currently open project in the session.

• Open Project: Closes the current project in the session, prompting to save the project, and opens the project associated with the selected job in the grid. Disabled if the currently open project is the project to which the job belongs.
• Complete Job: Most Jobs will require a complete job step where the job results are added back into the original project. Job Manager indicates this by setting a job's state to Ready. If the status of a job is Ready, selecting the job, then the Complete Job button will perform the operation(s) shown in the Complete Job Steps column. For instance, with a “Strip Align for LP360” job, the Complete Job will create a new LAS Layer and/or add LAS files to the specified layer in the project.
• Delete Job: Deletes the temporary files associated with the selected job and removes the job from the Job Manager.
• Cancel Job: If possible, will cancel the selected job at the next possible opportunity after being selected.
• Retry Job: Where applicable, the selected job can be executed again after initially being cancelled or experiencing a failure.
• View Log: Where applicable, opens the default viewer with the log for the selected job.
• View Report: Where applicable, opens the default viewer with the report that was generated by the job.
• File Explorer: Opens in File Explorer the folder location for the selected job.
• Compute Sizes: Computes the current size on disk of the temporary files associated with all jobs in Job Manager.
• Show Completed Jobs: When enabled, all Completed Jobs will be visible in the Job Manager. When disabled, the Completed Jobs will be hidden.
• Force Parallel Execution: Allows multiple jobs to run at the same time. However, it is likely jobs will compete for resources, and conflicts may cause destabilization. Intended for advanced users who understand what jobs they’re running and what resource requirements are at various stages for those jobs.

Job Manager Directory Structure:

• Jobs Directory: Job Manager creates a directory called “Jobs” directly under the folder in which your project XML file is stored (the “Project Folder”).
• Unique Job Folders: Each submitted job will have a unique folder under the Jobs folder. You can quickly access this folder by selecting the desired row in Job Manager and pressing the File Explorer button.
• Data Retention: Data within a Jobs directory is only used until the job finishes. However, these folders are kept until you explicitly delete them using the Delete Job command. This allows you to still view reports, logs, and so forth at some future time.
• Space Consumption: Job files can consume a lot of space. The amount of space being taken up by a job is listed in the Size column of the Job row in Job Manager.

Can Job Manager or LP360 be closed while a job is running?

Locking your machine or closing LP360 will not affect the processing queue in Job Manager. However, logging out of your machine will have the unintended consequence of closing the background processes, including those in the Job Manager.