Trying to get "External Task Name" & "Main job plan name" if certain "External task" crossed "Time Out" duration.

[PROSENJIT MAJI]

Hello Everyone, 

We have selected one script to get triggered by the job plan's External Dependency property ( more details on the screenshot ).
That script prints the "main job plan Name" & it's "RUNID" saying it is running long as one of the external is waiting for long. 

SCRIPT NAME : SYSTEM.SCRIPT.X.UC4.X.EXTDEP_RUNNING_TOO_LONG
Codes : 
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:SET &OBJNAME = SYS_ACT_PARENT_NAME(ACT)
:SET &RUNNO = SYS_ACT_PARENT_NR(ACT)
:PRINT 'External Dependency inside jobplan &OBJNAME, (Run # &RUNNO) has been executing longer than expected; Please investigate.'
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Actually we want to print following for better clarity - 
- The main job plan Name ( with Run ID )
- The task name - which is waiting to get satisfied inside the job plan.

The problem is both of 2 function SYS_ACT_PARENT_NAME(ACT) & SYS_ACT_PARENT_NR(ACT)  returns the main job plan name NOT THE TASK NAME from which property it was called.

Anyone has any idea - instead of printing only job plan name, how to set up a process to print "Main Job Plan Name ( with RUNID )" & "The external Task Name" which one is actually waiting to get satisfied ?

[PROSENJIT MAJI]

Any thoughts on this ?

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Sr. Automation Engineer
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
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[Frank Muffke]

Hi

not many possibilities and less thoughts :-)

The only way I could imagine would be performing a prep_process_report on the logging-report (LOG) of the workflow.

Unfortunately its not logged to the Report directly, if the notification objest starts, when the time frome ext. dependency exceeds....

the only line in report I got back was e.g.
20190725/184117.000 - U00011590 The validity period for the external dependency 'JOBS.WIN.WAIT_300' has been reduced from '000:10:00' to '000:00:34' due to the last workflow execution.

With this you could try to get the name of the ext. dependency.

But honestly I have no clue if this would work correctly in every case...

cheers, Wolfgang


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[Ahmed Intizar]

Hi,

You can make use of built in variable &UC_CAUSE_NAME by adding :READ &UC_CAUSE_NAME,, in the SYSTEM.SCRIPT.X.UC4.EXTDEP_RUNN.. object. The value of this variable is actually the name of the external dependency object. Hope this solves your problem.

Kind regards

Intizar

[Frank Muffke]

great, that works perfectly :-)

THX for the info!

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[PROSENJIT MAJI]

Excellent !!!! .. just one line to solve my problem :). It was really helpful Thanks a lot. .... 

https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/ALL/components/DOCU/12.2/AWA%20Guides/help.htm#AWA/Variables/Variables_Ref_ReadBuffer.htm?Highlight=UC_CAUSE_NAME

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Sr. Automation Engineer
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
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[Ahmed Intizar]

You're welcome, glad I was able to help