> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow.md).

# Workflow

- [Job Manager](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow.md): Use Job Manager to monitor operational health, manage service jobs, investigate file and message processing, and build data exports.
- [Dashboard](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/dashboard.md): Review schedule, queue, file, message, and service health from the Job Manager Dashboard.
- [Jobs](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/jobs.md)
- [Catalog](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/jobs/catalog.md): Search and filter the Job Manager catalog to find a service job.
- [Job details](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/jobs/job-details.md): Review a service job, run it, manage its schedule and parameters, and inspect recent executions.
- [Run history](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/jobs/run-history.md): Filter service-job executions and investigate messages, errors, results, parameters, and linked data logs.
- [Manage files and imports](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/manage-files-and-imports.md)
- [File history](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/manage-files-and-imports/file-history.md): Monitor files processed through master data management configurations.
- [File details](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/manage-files-and-imports/file-details.md): Review a file-processing timeline, original data, and failed records.
- [Manual uploads](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/manage-files-and-imports/manual-uploads.md): Upload a file through an available master data management configuration.
- [System messages](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/system-messages.md)
- [Message history](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/system-messages/message-history.md): Find inbound and outbound system messages and open their processing details.
- [Message details](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/system-messages/message-details.md): Trace a system message through status history, operations, payload, and related messages.
- [Message types](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/system-messages/message-types.md): Review and administer system message type definitions.
- [Remote systems](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/system-messages/remote-systems.md): Review and administer remote-system definitions used by system messages.
- [Data documents](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/data-documents.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/data-documents/data-documents.md): Build, preview, export, and monitor reusable data documents.
- [Build a data document](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/data-documents/build-data-document.md): Select an entity, add fields and conditions, and save a data document.
- [Preview and export](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/data-documents/preview-export-schedule.md): Preview a data document, run an export, and manage an email-export schedule.
- [Export history](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/data-documents/export-history.md): Filter data document exports and inspect export-processing details.
- [Settings](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/settings.md): Review account, instance, product store, version, time zone, and data-fetch settings.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/troubleshooting.md): Choose the current Job Manager workflow for a job, file, message, or export issue.
- [Job runs and schedules](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/troubleshooting/job-runs-and-schedules.md): Investigate missing, failed, running, paused, or incorrectly scheduled service jobs.
- [File imports](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/troubleshooting/file-imports.md): Investigate pending, failed, canceled, or partially processed files.
- [System messages](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/troubleshooting/system-messages.md): Investigate failed, incomplete, or missing inbound and outbound system messages.
- [Data document exports](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/workflow/troubleshooting/data-document-exports.md): Investigate data document definition, preview, schedule, and export failures.
- [Job Workflows](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows.md): The section details how various jobs contribute to the overall system, from order allocation to inventory management, and offers resolutions into troubleshooting and performance.
- [Parameters](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/parameters.md)
- [Pre-Orders](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/pre-orders.md): Learn about the Pre-Order job in HotWax Commerce.
- [Orders](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/orders.md): Learn about the Orders jobs in HotWax Commerce.
- [Fulfillment](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/fulfillment.md): Learn about the Fulfillment jobs in HotWax Commerce.
- [Inventory](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/inventory.md): Discover how Inventory job works in HotWax Commerce.
- [Products](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/products.md): Learn about the Products job in HotWax Commerce.
- [Miscellaneous](https://docs.hotwax.co/documents/retail-operations/workflow/job-workflows/miscellaneous.md): Learn about the miscellaneous jobs in HotWax Commerce.


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