Aim:
- Creating a Workflow objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task
- Using the Workflow Monitor
This lesson serves to introduce you to 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 Workflow. It comprises objects that run in sequence, which is very useful for maintaining the AE databaseA database is an organized collection of data including relevant data structures..
Archiving and reorganization is required in order to maintain the database. These maintenance processes must run in succession which is best organized by using Workflow objects. As a matter of principle, Automic strongly recommends handling your processes using workflows and schedules in order make use of the full benefits of AE's object orientation.
The jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. and the two existing file transfers will now be integrated in a 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."].
The next step is to execute the workflow:
Delete the lines between the boxes (right-click with the mouse to highlight the particular line and then click Remove dependency using the left mouse button to delete it). Arrange the three objects one after the other. Then draw new connecting lines. When watching the execution of this workflow, you will notice that the workflow starts with the first object, and then the second object is processed and so on. Each object waits until its predecessor is finished.
Finally re-arrange the objects as shown in the above illustration.
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