Autotrack Shows Sendevent Deletejob Executed As The User running the Autosys Services (default autosys User)

Products

• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

When deleting a job using the sendevent command, the autotrack output shows that the job deletion is performed by the autosys user instead of the user who issued the command.

ERROR MESSAGE: "CAUAJM_I_50191 Job definition change․ delete_job"

EXAMPLE AUTOTRACK REMOTE:

 autotrack -J <Sample_Job_Name> -v
"<OS_User>"@"<host_name>"
03/04/2026 15:36:03
CAUAJM_I_50191 Job definition change.

  insert_job: <Sample_Job_Name>
  job_type: CMD
  command: echo hello
  date_conditions: 0
  machine: localhost
  owner: "<job_owner>"
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"<OS_User>"@"<host_name>"
03/04/2026 15:44:54
CAUAJM_I_50191 Job definition change.

  delete_job: <Sample_Job_Name>
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"<OS_User>"@"<host_name>"
03/04/2026 16:18:22
CAUAJM_I_50191 Job definition change.

  insert_job: <Sample_Job_Name>
  job_type: CMD
  command: echo hello
  date_conditions: 0
  machine: localhost
  owner: "<job_owner>"
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"<OS_User>"@"<host_name>"
03/04/2026 16:20:31
CAUAJM_I_50152 Sendevent issued.

  eoid: R12z10003334
  job_name: <Sample_Job_Name>
  command: sendevent "-E" "DELETEJOB" "-J" "<Sample_Job_Name>"
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
<Service_User_Name>@<host_name>.<domain_name>
03/04/2026 16:20:32
CAUAJM_I_50191 Job definition change.

  delete_job: <Sample_Job_Name>

SYMPTOMS:

• Autotrack shows autosys or autosysd as the owner of the delete_job event

• The initial sendevent is tracked under the correct user ID

CONTEXT: Occurs when deleting jobs via the command line interface using the sendevent utility

IMPACT:
Administrators reviewing autotrack logs may be confused by the user ID associated with the job deletion

 

 

Environment

AutoSys 12.x, 24.x

Resolution

STEPS:

1․ REVIEW AUTOTRACK OUTPUT

Command: autotrack -J [JobName] -v

EXPECTED: This behavior is expected and functions as designed
NOTE: No product defect exists

 

2․ UNDERSTAND EVENT PROCESSING

The autotrack registers the sendevent command in the name of the user running the utility.
The request to delete the job is processed by the scheduler.
The scheduler executes the deletion, so the user ID logged is the autosys user that the scheduler runs as

 

Additional Information:

ROOT CAUSE:
The sendevent utility simply sends an event to the scheduler ․
The scheduler processes the event and performs the actual database update to delete the job definition ․
Therefore, the database records the scheduler's user ID for the deletion action ․