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Accessing Application Logs

Enterprise Manager application logs record activity while Enterprise Manager is open. Use this procedure to open the log viewer and locate log files.

Adding Batch Users

Add Batch Users for Windows, UNIX, IBM i, MCP, OpenVMS, and SQL platforms in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Documentation

Add job-level and frequency-level documentation to a job in Enterprise Manager Job Master.

Adding Expression Dependencies

Add an expression dependency to a job in Enterprise Manager so the job only runs when a specified expression evaluates to True.

Adding External Tools

Add frequently used tools to the External Tools navigation list in Enterprise Manager by editing externaltools.xml.

Adding Global Properties

Add a Global Property in Enterprise Manager to store a named value that job definitions and events can reference at runtime.

Adding Job Events

Use this procedure to add job-related and frequency-related events to a job definition in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Remote Instances

How to add a remote instance in Enterprise Manager so that OpCon environments can share properties and cross-environment expression dependencies can resolve.

Adding Thresholds to Layouts

Use these procedures to add thresholds to Workflow Designer layouts, create threshold dependencies, and edit threshold dependencies in Enterprise Manager.

Adjusting Stop/Start Communication with Machines

Stop/Start communication controls whether OpCon actively communicates with an Agent on a given machine. Use this procedure to start or stop communication from the Machines editor in Enterprise Manager.

Comparing Frequencies

How to compare two frequencies side by side in Enterprise Manager Frequency Manager.

Copying Global Properties

Copy a Global Property in Enterprise Manager to create a duplicate with a new name, reusing the existing value, documentation, and encryption settings.

Copying Profiles

Copy an existing Connection Profile in Enterprise Manager to reuse its settings as the starting point for a new profile.

Copying Resources

How to copy an existing Resource in Enterprise Manager to create a new Resource with the same configuration.

Copying SAP Jobs

Use this procedure to copy an SAP job from the View SAP Jobs dialog in Enterprise Manager.

Copying Schedules

Copy an existing Schedule in Enterprise Manager to reuse its configuration as the starting point for a new Schedule.

Copying User Accounts

Copy an existing user account in Enterprise Manager to reuse its settings as the starting point for a new account.

Creating/Updating Job Filters

Job filters in Enterprise Manager narrow the jobs displayed in the Daily list view by date, status, department, access code, or tag.

Creating/Updating Job Filters

Job filters in Enterprise Manager narrow the jobs displayed in the Bar Chart view by status, department, access code, or tag.

Creating/Updating Job Filters

Job filters in Enterprise Manager narrow the jobs displayed in the Matrix view by job status, department, access code, or tag.

Creating/Updating Job Filters

Use the Job Filter dialog in Enterprise Manager to narrow the jobs displayed in the PERT view by job status, department, access code, or tag.

Defining Escalation Groups

How to define an escalation group in Enterprise Manager by assigning users who will receive escalation notifications.

Defining Named Schedule Instances

How to define named instances for a multi-instance schedule in Enterprise Manager, including instance properties and exception rules.

Deleting Batch Users

How to safely delete a batch user in Enterprise Manager by revoking privileges, reassigning jobs in the daily and master tables, and then removing the record.

Deleting Daily Schedules

Delete one or more daily schedule instances from the Daily Maintenance view in Enterprise Manager.

Deleting Departments

Deleting a department requires three sequential procedures: revoking departmental function privileges, reassigning jobs in the daily and master tables, then removing the department record.

Deleting Job Events

Use this procedure to delete job events from a job definition in Enterprise Manager.

Deleting Jobs

Use this procedure to delete jobs in Enterprise Manager.

Deleting Machines

How to safely remove a machine definition from OpCon by reassigning dependent jobs and stopping agent communication before deletion.

Deleting Profiles

Use this procedure to permanently delete a connection profile in Enterprise Manager.

Deleting Schedules

Use these procedures to delete Schedules from the Master tables in Enterprise Manager, including removing job dependencies and jobs first.

Deleting Scripts

How to permanently delete a script from the Script Repository in Enterprise Manager.

Deleting Tags

Remove a tag from a job in Enterprise Manager Job Master.

Deleting Thresholds

How to permanently delete a threshold from OpCon by removing all references from daily tables, master tables, and master dependencies before deleting the threshold record.

Deleting Un-used User-defined Calendars

Step-by-step procedure for removing user-defined calendars no longer in use from Enterprise Manager, including removing calendar references from Schedule Master and Job Master records first.

Deleting User Accounts

Step-by-step procedure to remove a user account from OpCon using Enterprise Manager, including revoking all associated role privileges before deletion.

Dependencies

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

Disabling Job Starts

How to disable job starts on a machine in Enterprise Manager using the Machines Status view.

Displaying Schedule Layouts

Schedule layouts in the Workflow Designer show the visual dependency map for a master schedule, including its jobs, thresholds, and resources.

Editing Job Dependencies

How to edit job-related and frequency-related job dependencies in Enterprise Manager Job Master.

Editing Job Master Details

Edit job master details in Enterprise Manager to update job configuration, change the job type, or modify other job-level settings.

Editing Machine Information

Use this procedure to view or edit machine information and advanced machine properties in Enterprise Manager.

Editing Machines

How to edit machine definitions in Enterprise Manager, including stopping and restarting agent communication.

Editing Profiles

Use this procedure to modify an existing database connection profile in Enterprise Manager.

Editing Resources

Step-by-step instructions for editing an existing resource in Enterprise Manager, including updating the resource name, maximum value, documentation, and the current in-use count.

Editing SAP Jobs

How to locate and edit an SAP job definition from the Machines Status view in Enterprise Manager.

Editing Schedule or Job Master

Use this procedure to open the Job Master or Schedule Master editor for a schedule or job from within Frequency Manager in Enterprise Manager.

Editing Script Types

How to edit a script type's name, file extension, and description in Enterprise Manager.

Editing Script Versions

In the Script Repository, you can edit a script version and save it as a new version in the database.

Editing Scripts

Use this procedure to edit a script's name, type, or description in the Script Repository in Enterprise Manager.

EM Layout Overview

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

Enabling Job Starts

How to enable job starts on a machine that is in Limited status in Enterprise Manager.

Expression Dependency

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

Finding Tags

Search for a tag by name in the Job Master Tags tab using the Quick search dialog instead of scrolling through the full tag list.

Forecasting Frequencies

How to preview the scheduled dates for a frequency using the Forecast dialog in Enterprise Manager.

Forecasting Job Frequencies

Use the Forecast and Forecast All buttons in Enterprise Manager Job Master to preview the dates a job frequency will run.

Getting Started

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

Getting Support Information

How to open the Support dialog in Enterprise Manager to view Continuous contact details and product version information.

Information Bar

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

Information Tools

Reference for the Information toolbar buttons available in the Log Viewer and Reports views of Enterprise Manager.

Job Dependency

Reference for the Job Dependency tab in Enterprise Manager Job Master, where you define and manage job dependencies for a selected job.

Job Details

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

Job Documentation

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.

Job Events

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.

Job History

The Job History dialog in Enterprise Manager displays all run iterations of a job, including start and end times, runtime, termination status, and exit code.

Job Information

The Job Information dialog provides details about the daily copy of a selected job.

Job Type Management

Step-by-step procedures for defining job details for each supported job type in Enterprise Manager Job Master.

Managing Access Codes

The Access Codes editor in Enterprise Manager lets you add, copy, rename, delete, and assign privileges to OpCon Access Codes.

Managing Batch Users

The Batch Users editor in Enterprise Manager creates and maintains the Batch Users required for running jobs on IBM i, MCP, OpenVMS, SQL, UNIX, and Windows.

Managing Connection Profiles

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

Managing Departments

The Departments editor in Enterprise Manager defines and maintains OpCon Departments used to organize jobs and scope role-based access.

Managing Groups

Add, rename, and delete Machine, Schedule, and Job groups in Notification Manager in Enterprise Manager.

Managing Individual Job Status Colors

Add, edit, or remove individual job status color overrides in Enterprise Manager to distinguish specific job statuses from their default status group colors.

Managing Interception Profiles

Create, edit, activate, deactivate, and delete SAP interception profiles in Enterprise Manager to control which SAP jobs OpCon intercepts on an SAP R/3 or CRM machine.

Managing Machine Groups

The Machine Groups editor in Enterprise Manager defines and maintains OpCon Machine Groups, including machine type assignment and machine membership.

Managing Machines

The Machines editor in Enterprise Manager defines and maintains OpCon Machines, providing access to general settings, machine group assignments, and communication status controls.

Managing Remote Instances

The Remote Instances editor defines and manages connection information for accessing remote OpCon instances from Enterprise Manager.

Managing Resources

Use the Resources editor in Enterprise Manager to add, edit, copy, delete, and reset resources that limit concurrent job execution across schedules.

Managing Script Runners

The Script Runners editor in Enterprise Manager creates and manages interpreters and the command templates that tell Agents how to run embedded scripts.

Managing Script Types

Reference for the Script Types editor in Enterprise Manager, which creates and manages script types that determine which script runners can run a given script.

Managing Server Options

Use the Server Options editor in Enterprise Manager to view and modify global OpCon server parameter values.

Managing Tags

Use Tag Manager in Enterprise Manager to create, rename, delete, and associate tags with master jobs.

Managing Triggers

Add or delete Machine, Schedule, or Job triggers in Enterprise Manager Notification Manager.

Managing Update Sites

Add, edit, remove, reload, disable, enable, import, and export update sites in Enterprise Manager.

Menus

The menu bar at the top of the Enterprise Manager screen is always available when working with editors or views.

Navigation Editors

Navigation Editors (e.g., Schedule Master, Job Master, Calendars, Global Properties, Thresholds, Resources, Machines, Machine Groups, Server Options, Roles, User Accounts, Batch Users, Departments, Access Codes, Privileges) provide screens to update information stored in the OpCon database.

Navigation Views

Navigation Views in Enterprise Manager provide visual representations of schedule and job data. Learn how to open, arrange, move, and manage views such as Workflow Designer, Daily Maintenance, Daily List, Matrix Chart, Gantt Chart, PERT View, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Workload Chart, and Machine Status.

Notification Definitions

The Notification Definitions frame in Enterprise Manager provides a General tab and notification-type tabs for configuring how OpCon delivers alerts when a Machine, Schedule, or Job changes status.

Operation Toolbar Reference

Reference for all toolbar buttons available in the Operation views of Enterprise Manager, organized by the view where each button appears.

PERT View Flow Diagram Icons

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.

Refreshing Graph Layouts

How to re-apply the machine map layout in Enterprise Manager to reset node positions to a clean arrangement.

Running Commands

Reference for the Run Command tab in Notification Manager, which configures a command that OpCon runs on the OpCon server when a notification trigger fires.

Saving Job Definitions to Master

How to use the Save Job Definition to Master button in the Job Daily editor to copy platform-specific job definition details from a daily job back to the Job Master.

Schedule Completion Events

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

Schedule Deployment Information

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.

Schedule Frequency

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.

Schedule History

Use the Schedule History dialog in Enterprise Manager to review past run times, start times, end times, and status change notes for a schedule across a date range.

Schedule Information

The Schedule Information dialog displays runtime details about a daily schedule instance, including status, timing, post processes, and instance properties.

Schedule Instance Definition

Use the Instance Definition tab in the Schedule Master editor to configure how OpCon builds multiple schedule instances — by property set, machine group, or named instance.

Schedule Tab

Reference for the Schedule tab in the Schedule Master editor, covering schedule details, properties, and automatic maintenance settings.

Sending Notification Tests

Send a test notification from Enterprise Manager to verify that notification definitions are configured correctly.

Sending Short Text Messages

Field reference for the Text tab in Notification Manager, which defines SMS notifications sent to pagers, phones, or other email-to-SMS devices.

Sending SPO Event Reports

Reference for the SPO tab fields used to define an SPO AL Report or CO Report notification in Enterprise Manager, including the Text, Severity, Alarmid, Alarmqual, Instance, and Command fields.

Sending Windows Event Logs

Configure a Windows Event Log notification in Enterprise Manager to write an entry to the Windows Application log when a Machine, Schedule, or Job trigger fires.

Setting Preferences

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

Setting Preferences for Charts

Configure chart display options in Enterprise Manager, including general chart settings, bar chart layout, pie chart layout, and meter chart thresholds.

Setting Preferences for Log Viewer

Configure Log Viewer display options in Enterprise Manager, including line limits, background colors, character set, and regular expression highlighting.

Setting the Language

Enterprise Manager detects your local language and defaults to English if that language is unavailable. You can override the language by adding the --nl parameter to the Enterprise Manager executable or to the EnterpriseManager.ini file.

Starting Communication

Start communication on an agent machine that is not currently enabled or limited, using the Machines Status view in Enterprise Manager.

Stopping Communication

Stop communication with an Agent from the Machines Status view in Enterprise Manager when the Agent status is Up or Limited.

SubSchedule Information

The SubSchedule Information dialog provides details about the daily copy of a selected Container job and its subschedule.

Threshold/Resource Dependency

The Threshold/Resource Dependency tab in Enterprise Manager lets you view, add, edit, and remove job dependencies on threshold and resource values.

Threshold/Resource Update

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.

Using Bar Chart View

The Bar Chart view in Enterprise Manager displays daily schedule and job statistics grouped by job status. Use it to monitor workload at a glance and drill into specific days or schedules.

Using Daily Maintenance View

The Daily Maintenance view allows you to manage daily schedules and validate job dependencies in the Daily tables.

Using Escalation Acknowledgment

The Escalation Acknowledgment view lists unacknowledged escalations and lets you acknowledge them individually or as a group.

Using Filter Text

Use the Filter Text field in the Enterprise Manager List view to narrow the display to specific schedules or jobs by name.

Using Frequency Manager

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

Using Gantt View

The Gantt view displays the estimated length and chronological order of jobs by schedule.

Using History Management

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

Using Home

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

Using Job Daily

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.

Using Job Master

Reference for the Job Master editor in Enterprise Manager, including its tabs, toolbar actions, and required privileges.

Using List View

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.

Using Logs

Use the Logs viewer in Enterprise Manager to open and monitor SAM server log files, including the SAM Log, Critical Log, SMANetCom logs, and more.

Using Machines Status View

The Machines Status view displays information about each machine defined in the OpCon database in three formats: Table, Map, and Statistics.

Using PERT View

The PERT view shows a schedule's individual jobs and job dependency relationships in Enterprise Manager.

Using Plan Mode

Use Plan Mode in the Gantt chart to adjust a job's estimated start time or run duration by dragging job boxes on the chart.

Using Profile

The Profile link in Enterprise Manager opens the Profile page in Solution Manager, where you can update your account settings.

Using Report Management

Report Management enables administrators to view, add, edit, and delete report definitions in the database.

Using Reports

View and manage BIRT reports in Enterprise Manager using the Reports view.

Using Schedule Daily

The Schedule Daily editor displays a list of schedule dates and schedules. Select a date and schedule to modify daily schedule details, instance properties, and events.

Using Schedule Master

Reference overview of the Schedule Master editor in Enterprise Manager, including its tabs, toolbar actions, and related procedures.

Using Script Tools

Reference for the Scripts toolbar buttons in Enterprise Manager and the actions each one performs.

Using Security Tools

Reference for the toolbar buttons available in the Enterprise Manager Security editors.

Using Settings

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

Using the Application

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

Using Vision

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

Using Workflow Designer

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.

Viewing Additional Access Code Information

Use the Cross References and View Audit toolbar buttons in the Enterprise Manager Access Codes editor to see which jobs use an access code and to review its change history.

Viewing Job Information

How to open the Job Information dialog from the PERT view in Enterprise Manager to review the daily copy of a selected job.

Viewing Job Lists for Schedules

View the list of jobs for a specific job status in a schedule or subschedule using the Pie Chart view in Enterprise Manager.

Viewing Notification Details

View and copy the full notification message for a pending escalation before acknowledging it in Enterprise Manager.

Viewing SAP Job Logs

Use this procedure to view the job log for a SAP R/3 and CRM job from Enterprise Manager.

Workflow Designer Flow Diagram Icons

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.

Workflow Designer Right-Click Menu

Reference for the right-click menu items available on nodes and dependency lines in the Enterprise Manager Workflow Designer, including Open SubSchedule, Edit, Delete, Find, Isolate, Layout, zoom, Print, and Take Screenshot.

Working with Administration

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

Working with Enterprise Information

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

Working with Enterprise Support

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

Working with External Tools

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

Working with Security

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