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Attribute Dialog

When activating an objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task, you can dynamically determine its attributes for the current run.

For this purpose, you must activate the check box Attribute Dialog in the relevant object's Attributes tab.

The attribute dialog is provided by specific Include objects that are supplied in the system clientA closed environment within an Automation Engine system where you can create and run objects. A client name consists of a 4-digit number that must be indicated when a user logs on to the Automation Engine system. Users and their rights are also defined in clients. A particular Automation Engine object type. 0000. These Includes are called and read in the jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system.'s Header.

You can select an attribute dialog in the following objects:

Icon

Executable Object

Include

Include Call

File transfer

ATTRDIA.FT

Standard program call

BS2000 job

ATTRDIA.BS2000

HEADER.BS2000

GCOS8 job

ATTRDIA.GCOS8

HEADER.GCOS8

JMX job

ATTRDIA.JMX

HEADER.JMX

MPE job

ATTRDIA.MPE

HEADER.MPE

NSK job

ATTRDIA.NSK

HEADER.NSK

Oracle applications job

ATTRDIA.OA

HEADER.OA

z/OS job

ATTRDIA.MVS

HEADER.MVS

OS/400 job

ATTRDIA.OS400

HEADER.OS400

PeopleSoft job

ATTRDIA.PS

HEADER.PS

RA job ATTRDIA.CIT HEADER.CIT

SAP job

ATTRDIA.SAP

HEADER.SAP

SAP BW job

ATTRDIA.SAPBW

HEADER.SAPBW

Siebel job

ATTRDIA.SIEBEL

HEADER.SIEBEL

SQL job

ATTRDIA.SQL

HEADER.SQL

UNIX job

ATTRDIA.UNIX

HEADER.UNIX

VMS job

ATTRDIA.VMS

HEADER.VMS

Windows job

ATTRDIA.WINDOWS

HEADER.WINDOWS

You can adjust these Include objects in order to have only particular attributes displayed for modification. You can do so by opening the relevant Include objectAn Automation Engine object type for a script that is frequently used in more than one object. in client 0000 and removing the :READ statements that are not required. Note that you can only store this Include object in your own client. The result is that there is one Include object in client 0000 and one in your current client. The system's program logic uses the object of your client even if there is an object of the same name in client 0000.

An input dialog opens when the object starts (see below job) and prompts you to configure all attributes:

 

The following attributes can be changed in every object:

Note that you cannot specify a code tableAn Automation Engine object type that defines a complete set of characters. in an attribute dialog.

The attribute dialog is not displayed when "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)." is activated in the Attributes tab.

 

See also:

Attribute

 


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