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Using Groups

Aim:
- Creating a groupAn Automation Engine object type that integrates tasks so that they can be processed together.
- Executing objects in a group

Lesson 11

Usually, many tasks run in your AE system. Whether you want some to run parallel or not, using the 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 Group is very helpful. This object type is also useful for tasks that should be collectively processed at a later point in time.

The two existing file transfers and the jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. should be integrated in a group.

  1. Open the particular folderTop level entities such as Environment, Deployment Target, Activity, … are stored in folders. The permissions a user has on an entity depend on the permissions that are set on the folder for the entities. in the Explorer in which you have stored the previous sample objects.
  2. Click the  button in the toolbar.
  3. Select the object type JOBG (Group).
  4. Assign a suitable name.
  5. Double-click the group objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task in order to open it.
  6. Change to the Attributes tab
  7. Our file transfers and the job should not run parallel but one after the other. Hence, the default value "1" in the option "Max. parallel-running tasks" is suitable. The other pre-defined settings for the execution are also correct for this example as the group will be called manually.  

  8. Store your modifications by using the  button in the toolbar and close the Group object.

The group is assigned in the objects.

  1. Open the two FileTransfer objects and the Job object and select the group in the start-type section of the Attributes tab. Store the modifications and close the objects.
  2. Highlight the three objects and start their execution with the  button in the toolbar.
  3. The objects are now displayed in the Activity Window but have not yet started. They are in the waiting condition "Registered" until the group is activated.

  4. Highlight the Group object and start its execution with the  button in the toolbar.
  5. The group is now displayed in the Activity Window and starts one object after the other (not parallel). This procedure can also be watched in the Group MonitorWindow that shows the state of tasks assigned to a group object. which is called via the context menu (right mouse button) in the Activity Window. In the following illustration, the first file transferTransfers files from one computer to another. A particular Automation Engine object type (FileTransfer object). has already ended. The second one is being processed while the job waits for its start.

 

 

 


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