Automatic Job Creation

[Emre Boler]

Hello to everyone,

I wanted to get your opinion on a subject.

Can we make automatic job definition?
Is it possible for us to define a job (or any object) on AE, perhaps via the service desk, according to the incoming requests?

I did not see such a feature in Automic API competencies, but maybe I missed it.

Thanks in advance.

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Emre B.
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[Peter Grundler]

Hi Emre,

you can create objects by using an XML definition file (create a template and fill variable parts provided by the request form). Alternatively you can use the  Java API (https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/AA/12.3/AE/12.3/API/index.html) in order to create objects.

regards,
Peter

[Casimir Spriet]

Hi Emre,

you can indeed use the API to create new jobs inside Automic client.
This can be done passing a JSON job definition to the API.

In the following example I create a new job in Automic Client 100 using linux curl command  (Automic 12.2) : 



curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST login:password@server:8088/ae/api/v1/100/objects -d \
'{
"path": "TEST/FOLDER",
"data" : {
"jobs" : {
"metadata" : {
"version" : "12.2.6"
},
"general_attributes" : {
"name" : "JOB_CREATED_AUTO",
"type" : "JOBS",
"inherit_output_filter" : "N",
"queue" : "QUEUE_NAME",
"description" : "Description",
[...]
"versioning_id" : " "
},
"scripts" : [ {
"process" : "R3_ACTIVATE_REPORT REPORT=\"TEST\",VARIANT=\"TEST\",WAIT=\"YES\""
}, {
"pre_process" : "!Row1"
}, {
"post_process" : [ "!Row1", "!Row2", "!Row3" ]
} ],
"job_attributes" : {
"activation_at_runtime" : "1",
"platform" : "R3",
"agent" : "AGENT_NAME",
"login" : "LOGIN.OBJECT",
[...]
},
"rollback_definitions" : { }
}
}
}'