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 Creating Groups

Groups are used to manage the parallel execution of tasks. Objects processed via a groupAn Automation Engine object type that integrates tasks so that they can be processed together. show the name of the corresponding group in the Attributes tab (start type).

Procedure

  1. Click the  button in the toolbar and a window listing all the available object types opens. Select the type "Group" (JOBG).
  2. Assigns a suitable name and open the Group objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task. Click the Attributes tab
  3. First determine the maximum number of tasks that can run parallel. A queueA particular Automation Engine (AE) object type. In AE, a queue determines the maximum number of concurrent tasks, their priorities and the order in which tasks should be executed. In ARA, queues are containers for workflow executions that should be executed at a certain time one after another. processing one taskAn executable object that is running. Tasks are also referred to as activities. after the other is created if more than one task is started which uses this group.
  4. The group can either be activated manually, via workflowAn object of the Automation Engine that can include several executable objects and which runs them in a specified order. [Formerly called "ProcessFlow" and "JobPlan."] or schedule. This includes those tasks that were started in a group and are displayed in the Activity Window with the statusThis represents the condition of a task (such as active, blocked, generating). "Registered". Those tasks are processed as soon as the group is started with one of the above mentioned options.
  5. Use the optional setting of the Runtime tab if the execution of the group should be monitored.
  6. Script elements can be stored in the Process tab.
  7. The option Generate at runtimeThe duration of a task's execution. It refers to the period between a task's start and end. It does not include its activation period (see also: activation and start). - which is available in the Attributes tab- can be used to influence the group's generation time. With this option activated, the scriptA particular Automation Engine object type. is not processed at object activation but only when it is started. These two points in time are not necessarily the same (when the object is executed within the frame of a workflow, for example).
  8. Groups are executable objects.

There are various other settings that can be specified for Group objects. You can find details in the documentation about the individual tabs.

 


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