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Version: OpCon (Cloud - Current)

Workflow Designer Flow Diagram Icons

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

What Is It?​

Each job in the diagram is represented by a rectangle containing the job name, colored squares for frequencies, an icon for the job type, and/or icons for special information.

Job Type Icons​

The diagram may display any of the following job type icons:

BIS Job iconBIS
OS 2200 Job iconOS 2200
Container Job iconContainer
SAP BW Job iconSAP BW
File Transfer Job iconFile Transfer
SAP Job iconSAP R/3 and CRM
IBM i Job iconIBM i
SQL Job iconSQL
Java Job iconJava
Tuxedo ART Job iconTuxedo ART
MCP Job iconMCP
UNIX Job iconUNIX
Null Job iconNull Job
Windows Job iconWindows
OpenVMS Job iconOpenVMS
z/OS Job iconz/OS

Information Icons​

The diagram may also display any of the following information icons:

Circular Dependency iconThe job has a circular dependency.
Event iconThe job has an event.
Dependency iconThe job has a dependency on a job in another schedule.
Expression Dependency iconA job has an expression dependency.
Threshold Update iconA job has a threshold/ resource update.

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Configuration Options​

SettingWhat It DoesDefaultNotes

FAQs​

Q: What does Workflow Designer Flow Diagram Icons cover?

This page covers Job Type Icons, Information Icons.

Glossary​

Container Job: A job type that runs a subschedule. Container jobs enable hierarchical schedule structures and support properties and events just like standard jobs.

Null Job: A job type that performs no execution on any platform. Null jobs are used to hold dependencies, trigger OpCon events, and keep schedules open after all other jobs complete.

Frequency: A set of rules that defines when a job or schedule is eligible to run, based on calendar rules, day-of-week settings, period offsets, and other timing criteria.

Threshold: A numeric variable stored in the OpCon database used to control job execution. Jobs can be made dependent on threshold values, and OpCon events can update threshold values at runtime.

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.

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.