Viewing a Distributed Map Run execution in Step Functions
The Step Functions console provides a Map Run Details page which displays all the information related to a Distributed Map state execution. For example, you can view the status of the Distributed Map state's execution, the Map Run's ARN, and the statuses of the items processed in the child workflow executions started by the Distributed Map state. You can also view a list of all child workflow executions and access their details. If your Map Run was redriven, you will see redrive details in the Map Run execution summary too.
When you run a Map state in Distributed mode, Step Functions creates a Map Run resource. A Map Run refers to a set of child workflow executions that a Distributed Map state starts, and the runtime settings that control these executions. Step Functions assigns an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to your Map Run. You can examine a Map Run in the Step Functions console. You can also invoke the DescribeMapRun API action. A Map Run also emits metrics to CloudWatch.
The Map Run Details has three sections: Map Run execution summary, Item processing status, and Executions listing.
Map Run execution summary
The Map Run Execution summary provides an overview of the execution details of the Distributed Map state.
- Details
Shows execution status of the Distributed Map state, the Map Run ARN, and type of the child workflow executions started by the Distributed Map state. You can view additional configurations, such as tolerated failure threshold for the Map Run and the maximum concurrency specified for child workflow executions.
- Input and output
Shows the input received by the Distributed Map state and the corresponding output that it generates.
You can view the input dataset and its location, and the input filters applied to the individual data items in that dataset. If you export the output of the Distributed Map state execution, this tab shows the path to the Amazon S3 bucket that contains the execution results. Otherwise, it points you to the parent workflow's Execution Details page to view the execution output.
Error message
If your Map Run failed, the Map Run Details page displays an error message with the reason for failure.
From the Recover dropdown button on this error message, you can either redrive the unsuccessful child workflow executions started by this Map Run or start a new execution of the parent workflow.
See Redriving Map Runs to learn how to restart your workflow.
Item processing status
The Item processing status section displays the status of the items processed in a Map Run. For example, Pending indicates that a child workflow execution hasn’t started processing the item yet.
Item statuses are dependent on the status of the child workflow executions processing the items. If a child workflow execution failed, times out, or if a user cancels the execution, Step Functions doesn't receive any information about the processing result of the items inside that child workflow execution. All items processed by that execution share the child workflow execution's status.
For example, say that you want to process 100 items in two child workflow executions, where each execution processes a batch of 50 items. If one of the executions fails and the other succeeds, you'll have 50 successful and 50 failed items.
The following table explains the types of processing statuses available for all items:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
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Pending |
Indicates an item that the child workflow execution hasn't started processing. If a Map Run stops, fails, or a user cancels the execution before processing of an item starts, the item remains in Pending status. For example, if a Map Run fails with 10 unprocessed items, these 10 items remain in the Pending status. |
|
Running |
Indicates an item currently being processed by the child workflow execution. |
|
Succeeded |
Indicates that the child workflow execution successfully processed the item. A successful child workflow execution can't have any failed items. If one item in the dataset fails during execution, the entire child workflow execution fails. |
|
Failed |
Indicates that the child workflow execution either failed to process the item, or the execution timed out. If any one item processed by a child workflow execution fails, the entire child workflow execution fails. For example, consider a child workflow execution that processed 1000 items. If any one item in that dataset fails during execution, then Step Functions considers the entire child workflow execution as failed. When you redrive a Map Run, the count of items with this status is reset to 0. |
|
Aborted |
Indicates that the child workflow execution started processing the item, but either the user cancelled the execution, or Step Functions stopped the execution because the Map Run failed. For example, consider a Running child workflow execution that's processing 50 items. If the Map Run stops because of a failure or because a user cancelled the execution, the child workflow execution and the status of all 50 items changes to Aborted. If you use a child workflow execution of the Express type, you can't stop the execution. When you redrive a Map Run that starts child workflow executions of type Express, the count of items with this status is reset to 0. This is because Express child workflows are restarted using the StartExecution API action instead of being redriven. |
Executions listing
The Executions section lists all of the child workflow executions for a specific Map Run. Use the Search by exact execution name field to search for a specific child workflow execution. You can also use the Any status dropdown to filter child workflow execution histories by their status. To see details about a specific execution, select a child workflow execution from the list and choose the View details button to open its Execution details page.
Important
The retention policy for child workflow executions is 90 days. Completed child
workflow executions that are older than this retention period aren't displayed in
the Executions table. This is true even if the Distributed Map state or
the parent workflow continues to run longer than the retention period. You can view
execution details, including results, of these child workflow executions if you
export the Distributed Map state output to an Amazon S3 bucket using ResultWriter (Map).
Tip
Choose the refresh button to view the most current list of all child workflow executions.
