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Detail Window

The Detail Window provides extensive information about objects. This information can be called in various areas of the UserInterfaceThis is the Automation Engine's graphical user interface. [Formerly called the "Rich Client", "RichGUI" and "Dialog Client."] such as the monitor view of a Workflow or a Schedule object, in the Activity Window as well as in the statistics of executable objects and through Forecasts and Auto Forecasts.

You can open the Detail Window's context menu by selecting an objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task and right-clicking it. Then select the Details command.

The Detail Window provides substantial information and therefore, only the details that include data are displayed. If there is no Last Message line, this particular line is not displayed. The effect is that a clear structure can be kept. Note that this rule does not apply to the Sync Info tab.

The Object variables area lists the names and values of all the taskAn executable object that is running. Tasks are also referred to as activities.'s PromptSet variables and object variablesPlaceholder for values that are stored in an object's "Variables & Prompts" tab/section..

Details in the Editing and Monitor View of Objects

The execution of a Workflow and Schedule objectIt starts executable objects periodically. A particular Automation Engine object type. can be viewed in the monitor view. You can also open the Detail Window here. Depending on the object type, it now contains various information grouped in thematic blocks that can be expanded. The supplied information includes general specifications such as the object's name, the run number (RunIDShort for "run number". It is a number that provides unique information about a task's execution. The RunID can include 7 to 10 digits. It is assigned by the Automation Engine component .) that has been assigned by the system, the userIn the Automation Engine, a user is an instance of a User object, and generally the user is a specific person who works with Automic products. The User object is assigned a user ID and then a set of access rights to various parts of the Automation Engine system and product suite. These access rights come in the form of Automation Engine authorizations and privileges, Decision user roles and EventBase rights and ARA web application object rights. You can manage all these centrally in the ECC user management functions. See also, Unified user management., the current statusThis represents the condition of a task (such as active, blocked, generating). etc. The other thematic blocks are object-type specific and include information about the hostComputer, target system. or the time consumed, for example.


Details in the Activity Window

Objects are displayed in the Activity Window while they are executed, unless different options have been specified in the Activities window selection. Detailed information about all the jobs that are shown in the Activity Window can be viewed at any time. Just highlight an object and right-click it. The popup-menu command Details opens the Activities Detail window. It contains the Task tab and a second tab called Sync Info if a Sync object has been assigned to the particular object.

All data about the execution is displayed in the Task tab. Some data is always displayed, this is the run number (RunID), the user who started the jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system., start type, start time and status specifications. Other displayed data depends on the respective object typeAn individual object is provided for the individual activities: There are User, UserGroup, Notification, Cockpit, CodeTable, Documentation, Event, Agent, FileTransfer, Group, Include, Job, Workflow, Calendar, Login, Client, RemoteTaskManager, Schedule, Script, Server, Sync, Variable and TimeZone objects. If a Sync objectIt synchronizes executable objects based on defined states and actions. A particular Automation Engine object type. has been assigned to the object, the particular information that refers to it is displayed in the Sync Info tab.

The Detail Window also shows the scriptA particular Automation Engine object type. line that is being processed. Note that modifications that are made in the script after object start are not considered.


Details in the Statistical Overview

After a task has been executed, all relevant statistical and auditing data is stored in the AE system. Use the popup-menu command Details to call the statistical overview of data that refers to the particular objects.

Data about the completion of an execution has been added to the available information in the details of the Activity Window. General data includes the end time, the retention time (the time from a task's start to its completion) as well as the times that have been supplied by the OS. Data such as the size of a file or the number of records are type-specific.


Details in the Forecast Window

You can also open a Detail Window via forecast window's listShows entities in a grid view view. It contains general information about the particular object, as well as the estimated data about its next start, end and status.

A Detail Window is also available for activitiesDeployment-related activities that are shown in the Auto Forecast window. Double-click one of them for more detailed information about the calculated forecastEstimates a task's runtime on the basis of previous executions. data.

 

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