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# Background Tasks for Extracts

The Background Tasks for Extracts view displays extract-specific tasks that run on the server. This view gives you a snapshot of Tableau Cloud activity over the past 30 days.

![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-us/online/en-us/Img/adminview_extract.png)

## Understand this view

To better understand this pre-built admin 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/online/en-us/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/online/en-us/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-us/online/en-us/Img/adminview_extract_details.png)

#### Errors in task details

If a refresh task reaches the timeout limit, you might see one of the following errors in the task details:

- _The query time resource limit (7200 seconds) was exceeded._
- _com.tableau.nativeapi.dll.TableauCancelException: Operation cancelled._
- _The query time resource limit (8100 seconds) was exceeded._

For more information about the timeout limit for refresh tasks and suggestions for resolving these errors, see [Time limit for extract refreshes](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/schedule_add.htm#timeout).