# Background Tasks

> The Background Tasks report provides a list of completed and running tasks in the system.

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## Overview

The Background Tasks report provides a list of completed and running tasks in the system, including:

- Broken Link Report
- Build Search Index
- Copy
- Daily Content Report
- Google Analytics Sync
- Page Render (longer than 10 seconds)
- Recycle Bin Purge
- Site Export
- Site Import
- Scheduled LDAP Sync

The list of results contains the following information:

- **Task Type** - see above.
- **Initiated By** - the username of the user who initiated the task. For scheduled tasks this will be the system user.
- **Start Date** - the time the task was initiated. Hover over this column for an exact date/time.
- **End Date** - the time the task completed or failed. Hover over this column for an exact date/time.
- **Related Asset** - for tasks such as page renders, the asset associated with the task.
- **Status** - indicates if the task completed, failed, or is still running.
- **Duration** - the time the task took to complete or fail.

## Filtering the report

The following filters are available to refine the results of the report:

- **Start Date** - tasks initiated after the selected date/time.
- **End Date** - tasks that completed or failed before the selected date/time.
- **Minimum Duration in Seconds** - tasks that took longer than the selected duration to complete or fail.
- **Task Type** - see above.
- **Task Status** - whether the task completed, failed, or is still running.