https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375042#M6422 <P>Thanks xpac, </P> <P>Is there a reduction in server resource usage?</P> Thu, 03 May 2018 16:29:55 GMT markuxProof 2018-05-03T16:29:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375040#M6420 <P>Greetings,</P> <P>I always need to perform very large jobs. I would like to know what are the real advantages of sending a job to the background.</P> Thu, 03 May 2018 15:59:17 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375040#M6420 markuxProof 2018-05-03T15:59:17Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375041#M6421 <P>It keeps running even if you're doing something else, you can get back to it via the Jobs page, and it's lifetime is extended, so you can get it's results for a longer time. </P> Thu, 03 May 2018 16:23:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375041#M6421 xpac 2018-05-03T16:23:03Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375042#M6422 <P>Thanks xpac, </P> <P>Is there a reduction in server resource usage?</P> Thu, 03 May 2018 16:29:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375042#M6422 markuxProof 2018-05-03T16:29:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375043#M6423 <P>I can't say from experience, but I'd guess(!) if there's any, it's minimal.. just what is not used to have your GUI updated, but I'd say the actual search load is the same.</P> <P>Hope that helps - if it does I'd be happy if you would upvote/accept this answer, so others could profit from it. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Thu, 03 May 2018 16:32:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375043#M6423 xpac 2018-05-03T16:32:49Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375044#M6424 <P>Thanks xpac.</P> Thu, 03 May 2018 16:55:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Reporting/What-are-the-real-advantages-of-sending-a-job-to-the-background/m-p/375044#M6424 markuxProof 2018-05-03T16:55:09Z