Hi Bajaj, this is currently not possible. Could you please open a JIRA issue for this feature to be added. I think in the end the change should be not resetting the CREATED timestamp when calling `ExecutionGraph#restart()`.
Cheers, Till On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Bajaj, Abhinav <abhinav.ba...@here.com> wrote: > Adding my team mate. > > > > ~ Abhinav Bajaj > > > > *From: *"Bajaj, Abhinav" <abhinav.ba...@here.com> > *Date: *Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 9:30 AM > *To: *"user@flink.apache.org" <user@flink.apache.org> > *Subject: *Flink 1.2.1 - Job initial start time > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to know the initial start time of a job? I am looking for > the first time job was started and not the time of the restart. > > > > It seems the “start-time” reported by monitoring API under joboverview > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fci.apache.org%2Fprojects%2Fflink%2Fflink-docs-release-1.2%2Fmonitoring%2Frest_api.html%23overview-of-jobs&data=01%7C01%7C%7Cf054f6aeb640426b56d508d5c713e179%7C6d4034cd72254f72b85391feaea64919%7C1&sdata=%2F9Q5HvaFgV3EvxBUhdbaL40D8oh8S4eQurFCvj4upSk%3D&reserved=0> > is reset after a restart. > > Also, it seems the “start-time” & “timestamps” under job details > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fci.apache.org%2Fprojects%2Fflink%2Fflink-docs-release-1.2%2Fmonitoring%2Frest_api.html%23details-of-a-running-or-completed-job&data=01%7C01%7C%7Cf054f6aeb640426b56d508d5c713e179%7C6d4034cd72254f72b85391feaea64919%7C1&sdata=ft3fJbKDM2qzYLddrUDDCbXKY2XUfuB1Q8vDvVfuLrg%3D&reserved=0> > are also reset when a job is restarted. > > I expected the “CREATED” date under “timestamps” to be initial created > time of the job but it is reset after a job is restarted. > > > > We are using Flink 1.2.1 and trying to figure out a way to find the > initial start time, if possible. > > > > Thanks, > > Abhinav Bajaj > > > > > > >