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Attributes

Attributes refer to the specifications and entries that can be made in the tabs of individual objects.

Some attributes are available in every executable objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task (such as the attributes for the archive keys of objects). Jobs contain some platform-independent attributes such as host attributesPlatform-independent attributes of the Job object. and loginAn Automation Engine object type that stores account credentials used by agents on target systems. information, other attributes are object specific or refer to a particular platform (jobs). 

You can use the attribute dialog which is available in jobs and file transfers to set specific attributes only when the object is activated.

Objects

Notification

Cockpit

Event

FileTransfer

Group

 AgentGroup

Job

 RemoteTaskManager
Schedule Script Workflow Variable

Attributes can be read and set at the object's 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).. This is possible in different ways:

  1. Some executable objects allow 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. interaction and when they are activated, you can access their attributes via an attribute dialog.
  2. For executable objects, you can also use scriptA particular Automation Engine object type. elements to access their attributes. You use the script functionPre-defined run book template in the Automation Engine. One single step only, e.g. Start Windows Service, Copy file,… GET_ATT to read attributes and :PUT_ATT to set attributes. The Automation EngineThis component drives an Automation Engine system and consists of different types of server processes. Documentation provides several documents that describe the attributes that are available. All of them include an "Access via" column that informs you which script element you can use.
  3. AE provides specific variables that also include values of attributes. These predefined variables can be used in attribute fields or in AE Script. To select them, you can use the variable selection dialog. Attributes whose values are accessed by using these placeholders are flagged with the term "predefined variableIt stores or retrieves values dynamically at runtime. An individual Automation Engine object type." in the "Access via" column.
  4. Some attributes can be set directly without using :PUT_ATT. Enter a script variableA placeholder for a value within a script. in the object's relevant fields. This variable is replaced by the value that has been specified in the Process or Pre-Process tab or an object variable before the object is processed. The documents that describe the attributes which can set values in this way show the comment "via script variable" in the column "Accesses".

For example:

The working directory of a Windows jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. should be set using the script variable "&directory#". Enter the script variable in the field working directory of the Windows tab.

The job script fills the variable:

:SET &directory# = "C:\temp"

Alternately, you can specify the object variable "directory#" to set the attribute.

Note that attributes can have different maximum lengths. When replacing the script variable by a value, the system does not check the value's length but truncates it to the relevant attribute's maximum length.

AE.DB Change

Attribute can also be changed by using the utility AE.DB Change.

An exception applies for attributes that allow the values "Y" and "N". These two letters cannot be assigned to the utility AE DB ChangeUtility for changing transport case exports.. In this case, Automic recommends using the number "1" instead of "Y" and "20" instead of "N".

You cannot assign abbreviations to AE.DB Change. Always use complete attribute names (such as "GROUP" instead of " S").

This utility can also be used to modify object variables. Do so by specifying the name "VALUE" followed by a colon and the object variable's name.

You can also change 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. names by using the utility AE DB Change. In this case, the corresponding attribute is FOLDER_NAME.

 


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