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# Background Tasks for Extracts

The Background Tasks for Extracts view displays extract-specific tasks that run on the server.

![The time-series graph displays the number of extracts run on the server over the past seven days, while the bar chart illustrates the daily count of successful and failed extracts.](/tableau/current/en-gb/server/en-gb/Img/adminview_extract.png)

## Understand this view

To better understand this pre-built admininstrative view, make note of the following:

- The table, "What Extracts Ran on this Server", lists the extracts that ran in the time period specified in Timeline.
- You can click Success or Error to filter the table based on status.
- You can also click a specific task to update the "How Much Time did Extracts Take" graph for the selected task.
- The table, "How Many Extracts Succeeded or Failed", updates for the status (success or failure) of the task, but the count of extracts that succeeded or failed does not change.

### Status

Tasks can have a status of success or error.

<table class="table--plain"><thead><tr class="Head-Header1"><th>Icon</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="Body-Body1"><td><img src="https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/Img/icon_adminview_error.png" alt="Admin view error icon."></td><td><b>Error</b> – Server was unable to complete the task.</td></tr><tr class="Body-Body1"><td><img src="https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/Img/icon_adminview_success.png" alt="Admin view success icon."></td><td><b>Success</b> – Server completed the task.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### See details about a task

For details on about the task, use your mouse to hover over the success or error icon.

![Information on the data extract status.](/tableau/current/en-gb/server/en-gb/Img/adminview_extract_details.png)