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Version: OpCon (Cloud - Current)

Notification Triggers

Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer

What Is It?

The Notification Triggers tab in the Job Master editor is a read-only view showing the triggers and OpCon events defined in the Notification Manager that will be triggered by the job's actions.

Viewing Job Event Notification Triggers

To view Job Event Notification Triggers, complete the following steps:

  1. Select on Job Master under the Administration topic. The Job Master screen displays
  2. Select the schedule in the Schedule list
  3. Select the job in the Job list
  4. Select the Notification Triggers tab in the Job Properties frame
  5. Select the Expand arrow to expand the Job Group, Machine Group, and/or Schedules Group information
  6. View the Trigger and Job Event information

Configuration Options

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FAQs

Q: How many steps does the Notification Triggers procedure involve?

The Notification Triggers procedure involves 6 steps. Complete all steps in order and save your changes.

Q: What does Notification Triggers cover?

This page covers Viewing Job Event Notification Triggers.

Glossary

OpCon Event: A command sent to OpCon that triggers an automated action, such as adding a job to a schedule, updating a property value, sending a notification, or changing a job or schedule status.

Notification: A message sent by the SMA Notify Handler when a Machine, Schedule, or Job changes to a specific status. Notifications can be delivered as emails, text messages, Windows Event Log entries, SNMP traps, or other formats.

Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.

Machine: A platform defined in the OpCon database that has an agent installed. OpCon routes job execution requests to machines via SMANetCom, and machines report job completion status back to SAM.

Schedule: A named container for jobs in OpCon, built for a specific date to create that day's automation. Schedules define build settings, frequencies, and the jobs that run within them.

Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.

OpCon: Continuous' workflow automation platform. The OpCon server includes the database, SAM and Supporting Services (SAM-SS), and graphical user interfaces. agents installed on target platforms run jobs and report results.