Workflow Designer Right-Click Menu
What Is It?
The Workflow Designer is the Enterprise Manager view where you build and arrange a Schedule as a graph of nodes (jobs, thresholds, and resources) connected by dependency lines. Right-click a node or a dependency line in the Workflow Designer to open a menu of actions for editing the selected item and for controlling how the map is laid out, zoomed, printed, and captured.
The same menu is available whether you right-click a job node, a threshold or resource node, or a dependency line, but some actions apply only to specific item types. Several actions are also available on the Workflow Designer toolbar.
Menu Items
The following table lists each menu item, what it does, and notes on its behavior.
| Menu item | What it does | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Open SubSchedule | Changes the display to show the subschedule for the selected Container job. | Available only when a single Container job is selected. |
| Edit | Opens the appropriate editor for the selected node or dependency line. | Requires the appropriate privileges. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected item. | Requires the appropriate privileges. Deleting a job removes it from the Job Master and the Workflow Designer view. Deleting a threshold or resource removes it from the map but not from Administration; a threshold or resource cannot be deleted if dependencies are involved. |
| Find | Opens a Find dialog that lists every node so you can select one and reveal it in the map. | Also available on the Workflow Designer toolbar. |
| Isolate | Highlights a subset of the map relative to the selected node and fades out all other nodes. See Isolate options. | — |
| Layout | Rearranges the nodes using the selected layout. See Layout options. | — |
| Zoom in | Zooms in 10% at a time, to a maximum of 200%. | — |
| Zoom out | Zooms out 10% at a time, to a minimum of 10%. | — |
| Prints the full map image. | Also available on the Workflow Designer toolbar. | |
| Take Screenshot | Saves an image of the current Workflow Designer layout. | Also available on the Workflow Designer toolbar. |
Isolate options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Previous Dependencies | Shows the selected node and all preceding dependencies; fades out all others. |
| Subsequent Dependencies | Shows the selected node and all subsequent dependencies; fades out all others. |
| Dependency Chain | Shows the entire dependency chain connected to the selected node; fades out all others. |
| Shortest Path | Shows the shortest path among all dependency chains to the selected job. |
Layout options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Top to Bottom | Lays out nodes using a top-to-bottom flow. |
| Left to Right | Lays out nodes using a left-to-right flow. |
| Grid | Lays out nodes using a grid. |
FAQs
Q: Where do you find the right-click menu?
Open the Workflow Designer in Enterprise Manager, then right-click a node or a dependency line on the map.
Q: Why are Edit and Delete unavailable?
The Edit and Delete items require the appropriate privileges. If you do not have them, the actions do not apply to the selected item.
Glossary
Enterprise Manager: OpCon's graphical user interface used to define schedules and jobs, manage automation data, and perform operational tasks.
Container Job: A job type that runs a subschedule, enabling hierarchical schedule structures.
Subschedule: A schedule that runs as a child of a Container job, allowing nested workflow automation.
Threshold: A numeric variable stored in the OpCon database used to control when jobs run. Jobs can be made dependent on threshold values.
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 runs.
Job Master: The store of master (definition) job records in OpCon.