233 docs tagged with "Conceptual"

Reference for platform-specific jobdata elements in SMA Dynamic Data Input.

Available Access Codes are listed under Library > Access Codes.

Access codes can be used to secure individual job records.

The Access Management page (_Library > Access Management_) provides views to manage user accounts, privileges, and roles.

The Operations module allows you to access key information about the daily copy of a selected job.

OpCon Solution Manager is a web-based interface for managing OpCon from any supported browser. Connecting to it requires meeting minimum system requirements, authenticating with valid credentials, and understanding the navigation layout — including keyboard shortcuts for efficient use.

OpCon administration encompasses server setup, component configuration, user security, access control, and database management.

The Agents administration section lets you monitor all registered agents, start and stop communication, and perform bulk status updates.

Agents (referred to as machines in OpCon) are the running targets for jobs.

The Annual Plan By Calendar Dates Report shows all defined dates on user-defined Annual Plan calendars, grouped by calendar name.

Web-based help is available directly within Solution Manager, providing context-specific documentation for the entire OpCon product suite.

The OpCon server consists of the Schedule Activity Monitor (SAM) and supporting services (SAM-SS). Each component handles a specific role in processing schedules, communicating with agents, sending notifications, and routing requests.

The Audit Cleanup utility (Audit.exe) archives and purges audit data.

The Audit History Report shows the history of user updates to the OpCon database.

OpCon maintains detailed logs of all configuration changes, schedule build activity, and operational events.

Authentication controls how users prove their identity before accessing OpCon.

OpCon bases all date and time automation on the OpCon server's date and time, providing a consistent reference for all graphical interfaces and agent machines.

Batch users are operating system credentials that OpCon uses to authenticate job submissions to agents on IBM i, MCP, OpenVMS, SQL, UNIX, and Windows platforms.

BIRTRptgen.exe calls the BIRTPROCESSOR handler to run reports created with Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT).

The Breaking Changes section provides information on changes requiring action or new behaviors when installing or upgrading all of the OpCon components except the agents (also referred to as Agents).

OpCon supports two types of calendars for flexible scheduling around holidays and non-working days.

The Studio canvas is the visual workspace for building and reviewing schedule definitions.

SMACheckTerm.exe compares the termination description of a completed job to a specific value.

The CloudEvents Triggers module allows you to trigger Events within OpCon via externally-produced 'trigger events' which adhere to the CloudEvents Specification.

OpCon includes the following command-line utilities: - Administrative Stored Procedures - Audit History Cleanup - BIRT Report Generator - Check Job Termination - Check Schedule and Job Status -.

The Comparative Job Execution Statistics Report displays per-job runtime analytics — including run count, estimated runtime, average runtime, standard deviation, and the difference between average and estimated runtime — drawn from historical job execution data.

This section explains the core building blocks of OpCon automation — the objects, rules, and behaviors that define how work is scheduled, run, and tracked.

Because subschedules are the 'program' the Container job runs, it is important to understand the connection between the Container and the subschedule.

OpCon supports three specialized job types with dedicated operational procedures: Container jobs, Window to Host sessions, and SAP Job Menu Options.

Studio is the visual workflow design environment in Solution Manager.

Input files containing dynamic transactions for processing by SMADDI must be in a specific format.

The Cross Reference Schedules and Jobs Report shows all jobs and their associated schedules.

The Current Global Properties Report displays the currently defined global properties in OpCon.

The Current Resource Values Report displays the currently defined resources in OpCon.

The Current Threshold Values Report displays the currently defined thresholds in OpCon.

The Daily Job Information Report displays job execution details for daily schedule records, including job status, schedule information, and run times.

Daily Job Task Details show the platform-specific running settings for a job currently in the daily queue.

Data Input Message Elements define the XML structure used in SMADDI files, covering both data-storage elements and logical grouping elements.

OpCon uses Microsoft SQL Server as its database.

Master schedules are the templates from which OpCon builds daily schedule instances.

The Global Properties editor defines and maintains the named values, or Global Properties, that OpCon stores in its database and reuses across jobs, schedules, and events.

The Delete Daily Job skill removes a specified job from the daily queue for a specified schedule and date.

Departments are organizational groupings in OpCon used to scope job and schedule access by role. Learn what Departments are, how role privileges apply to them, and how to view the jobs that use a Department.

Departments can be used to secure function privileges associated with individual job records.

The Dependencies tab in the Job Master editor has three sub-tabs for defining dependency types: Job Dependency, Threshold/Resource Dependency, and Expression Dependency.

The Library in Solution Manager provides tools for designing and building OpCon automation — schedules, jobs, scripts, frequencies, global properties, and supporting objects.

Job documentation is user-defined information (e.g., command history, operator instructions for failure).

Before using Enterprise Manager for the first time, configure a connection profile for your OpCon server, set your preferences, and optionally change the language.

Overview of the Enterprise Manager interface layout, including the menu bar, toolbar, Navigation panel, editor area, and status bar.

!Email Notification The Email dialog provides the following fields for defining an SMTP email notification: - To (Required): SMTP email address(es) separated by semicolons (;).

Embedded Scripts in OpCon lets users centrally manage scripts for distribution to Agents.

Enterprise Manager (EM) is the legacy desktop client for OpCon, built on Eclipse.

An escalation in OpCon is a notification marked for recurring delivery, with an escalation rule, to one or more groups of people defined in escalation groups.

Escalation Manager lets you define rules and groups that re-send a notification to additional recipients when it is not acknowledged in time.

Escalation Manager lets you define policies that automatically re-send or redirect notifications when an alert is not acknowledged within a defined time.

The Event Details by Date Report shows all daily triggered events with their schedules, jobs, trigger, match, and event details.

Event Notification in OpCon triggers notifications when Machine, Schedule, and Job status change events occur.

Events are OpCon events the SAM processes based on triggers: job status, agent feedback string match, Exit Description evaluation, or Evaluation Expression.

OpCon events are commands that trigger system actions — building schedules, changing job status, updating properties, sending notifications, and more.

Each OpCon job can depend on the result of an expression defined using the Property Expressions API.

The Expression Dependency tab lets you define and maintain job dependencies on expressions using the Property Expressions API.

During installation, you chose where OpCon programs are installed and where they write output files.

The SMA File Transfer (SMAFT) system transfers files across multiple platforms via an OpCon job.

The Frequencies and Associated Jobs Report shows all frequencies with their associated schedules and jobs, sorted by frequency name.

The Frequencies section in the Library lets you view, create, edit, and forecast frequency definitions.

Frequencies are calendar rules that determine which days a job or schedule qualifies to build and run.

Overview of the initial setup tasks available in Enterprise Manager, including connection profiles, preferences, language settings, and installation details.

SMA Solution Manager is an application platform that hosts UI modules called Solutions.

OpCon includes the following graphical utilities: - Legacy Audit Management - Schedule Import/Export (deprecated) - SMA OpCon Configuration Utility All of these utilities, except SMA Data Collector.

The Information Bar appears at the bottom of the Enterprise Manager window and displays SAM status, connection details, escalation alerts, and system notifications.

The instance definition for a job is a place to define properties for one or more instances of the job.

OpCon supports running the same schedule multiple times simultaneously using named instances or multi-instance definitions.

Events are strings that run commands within OpCon.

The SAM and supporting services (SAM-SS) are the central components of OpCon.

Use the Node Options menu in Studio to isolate and display the dependency chain for a selected job on the canvas.

Job actions let you view job configuration, status history, output logs, and dependency maps — and change job status, add jobs to running schedules, or delete jobs from the queue.

Frequencies specify the recurring days on which a schedule or a job should run.

Every job and schedule in the daily queue has a status reflecting its current state, and understanding those statuses helps you monitor and control automation workflows.

Job automation components control how OpCon jobs behave, including frequencies, dependencies, events, and threshold updates.

The Job Dependencies and Documentation Report displays daily job dependencies, documentation, and related scheduling information for jobs built in the daily schedule.

The Job Details tab in the Job Master editor lets you define the job type, department, access code, and instance settings for a job.

The Documentation tab in the Job Master editor provides two free-text fields for recording job-level notes and frequency-specific notes, such as command history and operator instructions for failure recovery.

The Events tab in the Job Master editor lets you define and manage OpCon events that fire when a job reaches a specific status, produces agent feedback, matches an exit description, or satisfies a complex expression.

Use the Frequency tab in Job Master to add, edit, delete, forecast, and manage advanced job frequencies in Enterprise Manager.

History.exe archives and purges job history.

The Instance Definition tab in Job Master lets you predefine property sets for one or more instances of a job.

OpCon was designed to use two major sets of tables.

Job Tracking lets OpCon monitor external jobs (user-submitted or program-submitted) that were started outside an OpCon schedule or event.

A job is the individual unit of work in OpCon.

The table lists keyboard shortcuts for Solution Manager.

The Library in Solution Manager is the section where you define and manage the OpCon objects used to build automation, including schedules, jobs, scripts, frequencies, and supporting definitions.

The License & Support page displays your license information, Solution Manager version, and SMA support resources.

The Application Logs tab displays current OpCon application log files for viewing and download.

The Archives tab displays archived OpCon log files for viewing and download.

The Schedule Build Logs tab displays log files generated by schedule build operations.

The Log File Details page displays the description and content of a selected log file from the Application Logs tab.

Available Machine Groups in OpCon are shown in the grid under Library > Machine Groups.

A machine group displays user-defined machines with common characteristics and usage.

Connection profiles store the database name, authentication credentials, and optional display color that Enterprise Manager uses to connect to an OpCon database.

The Master Jobs section in the Solution Manager Library is where you add, copy, move, delete, and update the master job definitions that OpCon uses during schedule build.

Master schedules are the template definitions that OpCon uses to build daily schedules. Manage them in Solution Manager.

Privileges in Enterprise Manager control what each role can access and do in OpCon. Use Security > Privileges to assign Access Code, Schedule, Function, Departmental Function, Batch User, Machine, Machine Group, and Script privileges to roles.

Roles are the containers for privileges in OpCon's access control model.

Studio is where Master Schedules are created and managed.

User accounts control who can log in to OpCon and what they can do.

The Master Job Information Report provides a comprehensive view of master job configurations in OpCon, including job details, schedules, machines, departments, frequencies, access codes, tags, timing, and documentation notes.

Master jobs are the permanent definitions that OpCon copies into the daily queue during schedule build.

Within each role, privileges are organized into categories.

User account modifications are organized into three categories — general identity information, role assignments, and personal settings.

Named Schedule Instances reduce the maintenance burden on repeatable workflows by allowing a single definition rule to be designated for unlimited use or job runs.

The Operations interface is the main workspace for monitoring and managing daily schedule and job execution.

The Navigation Panel is on the left side of Enterprise Manager and contains the following expandable topics: - Solution Manager - Administration - Operation - Security - Management - External.

Notification categories group related notification groups in Solution Manager so you can organize and filter notification triggers.

Available Notification Groups in OpCon are shown in the grid under Library > Triggers > Manage Notification Groups.

Notification Triggers in Solution Manager let you define conditions that send alerts when a Machine, Schedule, or Job changes status. Each trigger belongs to a group and can deliver one or more notification types.

The Null job generates OpCon events and/or sets thresholds without running a job.

The Null job generates OpCon events and/or sets thresholds without running a job.

OpCon Server components include the database, Schedule Activity Monitor (SAM), and supporting services.

Continuous provides several SQL scripts for installing and upgrading the OpCon database and supporting data.

Complete reference documentation for the OpCon workload automation platform, including installation, configuration, administration, and daily operations.

How OpCon names jobs in Schedule Operations, including the automatic suffixes applied to multi-instance jobs and jobs configured to run on each machine in a group.

OpCon's server components can be installed and run in a Docker container.

OpCon includes Predefined Reports for gathering information on OpCon status.

Most schedules appear with their original name, but some features cause OpCon to append characters automatically.

The Window to Host feature opens a configured terminal emulator to connect directly to a machine defined in OpCon from Enterprise Manager Operation views.

Operations in Solution Manager is where OpCon jobs and schedules are monitored and controlled in real time — including status changes, container management, and the Otto AI assistant.

Otto is the AI-powered chatbot in Solution Manager for cloud customers.

Otto is an AI-powered chatbot in Solution Manager that answers questions about OpCon and performs operational actions through built-in skills.

Skills perform specific operational tasks in OpCon on your behalf through the Otto chatbot, without leaving Solution Manager.

The Perform a Fast Schedule Check skill runs a fast integrity check on a named daily schedule for a specified date.

In PERT view, each dependency type is represented by a different line style and image at the end.

Each job in the PERT View is shown as a job box with a colored status bar, a job type icon, the job name, and information icons that flag dependencies, events, and threshold or resource updates.

All OpCon report files are stored in the OpConxps/EnterpriseManagerx64/reports/OPCONXPS_Reports/ folder on the SAM application server.

Privileges in OpCon control what actions each role can perform, covering access codes, batch users, departments, functions, machine groups, machines, schedules, and scripts.

Properties are named variables referenced anywhere a token is accepted in OpCon — job parameters, event strings, file paths, and more.

The Property Expressions API gives you advanced control over job dependencies and events by evaluating expressions that read and write OpCon property values at runtime.

The Property Expressions API syntax may contain strings, numbers, operators, functions, and OpCon properties (e.g., Global, Schedule Instance, Job Instance, and Machine Instance properties).

OpCon's RBAC model assigns users to roles, and roles hold specific privileges.

Understand what relays and NetComs are, how the primary/standby architecture works, and when to use the Relays / NetComs page in Solution Manager.

A remote instance is an instance of OpCon that runs on a remote server.

The Reporting page contains two tabs: REPORTS and SETTINGS.

How OpCon Resources limit the number of jobs that run concurrently, and how to add, edit, and cross-reference them in Solution Manager.

A resource is a user-defined value with a name and a numeric limit.

Solution Manager adapts its layout to any device or browser window size, including smartphones, tablets, and desktops.

The Retrieve Application Log skill fetches an OpCon application log file from within the Otto chat, without leaving Solution Manager.

The Retrieve Job Output skill returns the output log files for a job on a specific schedule and date, giving you quick access to a job's results, including any errors.

The Batch Users tab (_Library > Access Management > Roles_) controls which batch users the selected role can access.

The General tab (_Library > Access Management > Roles_) displays the name, description, and inherited privileges for the selected role.

The Resources tab (_Library > Access Management > Roles_) displays the resources granted to the selected role, including access codes, machines, machine groups, schedules, and scripts.

The Users tab (_Library > Access Management > Roles_) lists the user accounts assigned to the selected role in Solution Manager.

Roles maintain privileges for multiple User Accounts simultaneously, simplifying administration.

The Roles and Privileges Report combines all role privilege types — Machine, Machine Group, Batch User, Schedule, Script, Access Code, and Function — into a single view with a Privilege Type column.

!Run Command The Run Command dialog provides the following fields for defining a command to run for the selected trigger: - Command (Required): Defines the full path and name of the program to run.

Before OpCon can submit jobs to an agent, the agent must be connected and configured, and the appropriate batch user credentials must be available.

Schedule actions let you change schedule status, initiate builds, check integrity, edit running schedules, and delete schedules from the daily queue.

The Schedule and Job History Report is used to view schedule and job history information.

Schedule and job status change commands are used with events and graphical interfaces to control processing of schedules and jobs in OpCon.

The Events tab in the Schedule Master editor lets you view and manage the completion events defined for a schedule.

When OpCon builds a schedule for a specific date, all schedule and job information is resolved together to produce that day's complete automation.

OpCon uses specific rules to name and track schedules and jobs in the daily queue.

The Deploy Info tab in the Schedule Master editor displays read-only deployment details for a schedule that has been deployed to a local OpCon instance.

The Frequency tab in the Schedule Master editor lets you add, edit, and delete the frequencies that control when a schedule is eligible to run.

The Script Repository stores reusable scripts that can be referenced by multiple jobs across OpCon.

Self Service is a licensed Solution Manager module that lets non-technical staff trigger OpCon automation workflows without IT involvement.

Use Preferences to customize Enterprise Manager's look and feel, including display, polling, navigation, and other behavior options.

Use this procedure to set Preferences for Audit and History Management Records in Enterprise Manager.

Configure the Date and Time formats to control how the EM displays dates and times.

Use this procedure to set Preferences for Gantt in Enterprise Manager.

The preferences for Schedule Extract apply to both the interactive utility and the command line interface, where appropriate.

Enterprise Manager can automatically check for updates. Learn how update sites work and what to configure before managing them.

Use this procedure to set Preferences for Workflow Designer and PERT in Enterprise Manager.

SMA Dynamic Data Input (SMADDI) is an optional OpCon component that dynamically adds data to OpCon using text files.

The SMA Notify Handler component is responsible for reading the NOTIFY table in the OpCon database and writing the message to the appropriate location.

The SMA Resource Monitor for Windows monitors files, Windows performance counters, services, and processes, and sends OpCon events when a monitored condition is met.

The SMA Resource Monitor User Interface includes the following tools: - Copy - Delete - Find - Filter.

The SMA Start Time Calculator periodically recalculates estimated start times for all active jobs in the OpCon Daily tables, then updates the database.

Each input file must contain a <msgtype> element describing the type of SMADDI message.

The SMA Resource Monitor User Interface creates and manages File Monitors, Counter Monitors, Service Monitors, Process Monitors, and Action Groups.

System configuration covers all server-level settings — from initial installation and upgrade procedures through runtime server options (logging, SMTP, SSO, notifications) and database management.

The Tags tab in the Job Master editor lets you define and maintain the tags associated with a job.

Tags are labels you can create to group jobs based on business needs.

The Text Message dialog provides the following fields for defining a notification to a pager, phone, or other SMS-capable device.

Threshold and resource dependencies allow a job to wait until a threshold reaches a specified numeric value or a resource pool has enough available units before it is eligible to start. These dependencies are defined at the job level or at a specific frequency level.

The Threshold/Resource Update tab in the Job Master editor lets you define and maintain threshold and resource updates that run when a job reaches a specific status.

Threshold and resource updates cause OpCon to change a threshold value or resource count when a job enters a specific status — such as Finished OK or Failed. These updates are defined at the job level or at a specific frequency level.

Thresholds are numeric variables stored in the OpCon database that control whether jobs run, viewed and managed under Thresholds in Solution Manager.

A threshold is a user-defined placeholder consisting of a name and a numeric value.

Upon activation, the Logs screen displays the current date, time, and log details.

When Enterprise Manager first opens, it displays the Home screen.

Once logged in, you will see the Home page from the desktop layout.

The Unique Task Count Report shows unique task counts by date, agent type, and department.

The Update Job Status skill updates the status of a daily job on a specified schedule for a specified date.

The Update Machine Status skill is an Otto chat skill that sets the communication status of an Agent to up, down, or limited.

The Update Schedule Status skill updates the status of a daily schedule for a specified date.

URL shortcuts let you go directly to specific areas of Solution Manager — such as Self Service, Vision, or Operations — by appending a path to the base URL, bypassing the Home page.

User Accounts are required for authentication to OpCon.

User inputs allow Self Service requests to accept values from the end user at runtime.

OpCon uses role-based access control (RBAC) to manage what each user can see and do.

The Users and Privileges Report displays user accounts and all associated privileges including roles, access codes, functions, schedules, machines, machine groups, batch users, and scripts.

Frequency Manager in Enterprise Manager lets you view, edit, rename, forecast, and compare frequencies, and cross-reference every schedule and job using each frequency.

The Health link in Enterprise Manager opens the Vision Health page in Solution Manager, where you view QoS and SLA dashboard data for Vision cards.

History Management in Enterprise Manager lets you filter, view, and export schedule and job run history from the active history table or the archive.

The Home link in the Solution Manager navigation category opens the Solution Manager Home page in an embedded browser panel within Enterprise Manager.

The Home node under Vision in Enterprise Manager opens the Vision Home page in Solution Manager.

The Job Daily editor displays a list of schedule dates, schedules, and jobs, allowing you to modify daily job details without affecting the Master definition.

The List view (Daily list) in Enterprise Manager displays all dates that have Schedules built, organized as an expandable tree of dates, Schedules, and Jobs.

Secondary windows in the Operations view provide read-only and interactive details about schedules, jobs, subschedules, history, and machines without leaving the current view.

The Settings node under Vision in Enterprise Manager opens the Vision Settings page in Solution Manager.

The Tag Manager provides an easy way to create, look up, and associate jobs to tags, with a quick cross-reference view of jobs using each tag.

Enterprise Manager organizes its features into eight Navigation Panel topics: Solution Manager, Administration, Operation, Security, Management, External Tools, Information, and Support.

The Vision section in Enterprise Manager provides navigation links that open the Vision module pages in Solution Manager — Home, Live, and Settings.

The Enterprise Manager Workflow Designer has three main elements: a display area that shows the graphical flow diagram, an action panel for navigating schedules and adding items, and a toolbar for common actions.

OpCon utilities are organized into the following sections: - Command-line Utilities - Graphical Utilities - SMA Dynamic Data Input - SMA Resource Monitor.

Vision Admin Mode provides access to all Vision configuration options.

Vision cards display aggregated job completion status for jobs matching a specific tag.

Vision Live shows real-time status of all Vision cards.

Vision is a Solution Manager module that provides a high-level view of OpCon job health using tag-based cards.

The What's New section provides information related to changes with installing or upgrading all of the OpCon components except the Agents.

In the Workflow Designer, each dependency type is represented by a different line style and endpoint marker.

Each job in the Workflow Designer diagram is represented by a rectangle containing the job name, colored squares for frequencies, a job type indicator, and information indicators for special conditions.

Admin Mode is a toggle on the Self Service page that exposes create, edit, copy, and delete controls for Service Requests and categories. It is available only to users with the Maintain Service Request function privilege.

Users in the «ocadm» role will see a Vision Live page that is similar to the example graphic here.

Users without the Maintain Service Request privilege see the Self Service page in user mode, which shows only the Service Request buttons their roles are granted access to.

Users without the ocadm role, or without the Maintain Vision Actions, Maintain Vision Frequencies, or Maintain Vision Workspaces privileges, see a read-only Vision Live page.

The Administration topic in Enterprise Manager's Navigation Panel provides editors for managing schedules, jobs, machines, resources, thresholds, global properties, calendars, and server configuration.

The Information section of the Enterprise Manager Navigation Panel provides access to Reports and Logs views for monitoring and diagnosing OpCon system activity.

The Support section of the Enterprise Manager Navigation Panel provides contact information and tools for reporting issues to the Continuous support team.

Use the External Tools feature in Enterprise Manager to open related tools without leaving the Enterprise Manager window.

The Management topic in the Enterprise Manager Navigation Panel provides access to Audit Management, History Management, Notification Manager, and Report Management.

Operations is a Solution Manager module that displays a summary of schedule, job, and Agent status using donut cards, with drill-down access to detailed views.

The Scripts topic in Enterprise Manager provides editors to manage the script repository, script runners, and script types for embedded scripts stored in the OpCon database.

The Security topic in the Enterprise Manager Navigation Panel provides editors to manage User Accounts, Roles, Batch Users, Departments, Access Codes, and Privileges.

Vision is a Solution Manager module that lets you define cards showing a summary of job statuses by tag and view historical card health across your OpCon environment.