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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.

Accessing Daily Job Definition

As part of the Operations module, users with the appropriate privileges can view the daily job definition and modify job properties.

Add Daily Job

The Add Daily Job skill adds a new daily job to a specified daily schedule for a specified date, frequency, and status.

Adding Agents

Agents (Machines) are added in Enterprise Manager. This page explains where to add them and links to the procedure.

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 Jobs

Use this procedure to add Jobs in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Machine Groups

Step-by-step instructions for adding a Machine Group in Enterprise Manager, including assigning machines to the group.

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 Resources to Layouts

Use these procedures to add a resource to a Workflow Designer layout, create a resource dependency, and edit a resource dependency in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Roles

Step-by-step procedure for adding a Role in the Enterprise Manager Security editor.

Adding Roles

Use this procedure to add Roles in Solution Manager.

Adding Script Runners

When creating script runners, keep the following in mind: - A runner can only run scripts belonging to its defined script type - Define at least one runner for each script type - Define a runner for.

Adding Scripts

Use this procedure to add Scripts in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Tags

Use this procedure to add Tags in Enterprise Manager.

Adding Thresholds to Layouts

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

Adding Users

Use this procedure to add Users in Solution 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.

Administrative Stored Procedures

Continuous provides scripts and supplemental SQL stored procedures to aid in managing OpCon: - SMA_CHGMACHINE - SMA_CHG_UNIX_GIDUID - SMA_CLEAN_ENS - SMA_CLEARSCHED - SMA_COPYSCHED - SMA_DELETESCHED.

Best Practices

OpCon best practices are proven patterns for building reliable, maintainable automation — from documenting thresholds and properties to setting up automated maintenance schedules, configuring alerts, and structuring job dependencies effectively.

Build Schedule

The Build Schedule skill builds a schedule for a specified date, places it on hold or releases it, and optionally overwrites an existing build.

Building Daily Schedules

Building Daily schedules copies qualifying Master schedules and jobs for specified dates into the active Daily processing tables for SAM.

Checking Daily Schedules

Checking Daily Schedules validates job dependencies in the Daily tables to detect circular dependencies, unresolvable Requires dependencies, and unsatisfied Conflict or After dependencies.

Chronoman

Chronoman (Chronoman.exe) updates OpCon user-defined properties with complex calculated dates.

Comparing Frequencies

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

Component Installations

This topic contains instructions for installing Enterprise Manager and Optional Server components as stand-alone installations.

Configuration

After the SMADDI service has been installed with the SAM and the SMADDI stored procedures have been installed with the database, address the following topics before starting the service: -.

Configuring Date User Inputs

When configured, the Date User Input displays as a date picker (calendar) with validation rules when users run the Service Request.

Configuring Master Job User Inputs

A Master Job user input presents a list of jobs from a specified schedule when an operator runs a Service Request. Use this procedure to add and configure a Master Job user input on a Service Request.

Configuring Master Schedule User Inputs

When configured, the Master Schedule User Input displays as a filterable list of Master Schedules for which the logged-in user has privileges when running the Service Request.

Configuring Number User Inputs

When configured, the Number User Input displays to users as an input box with validation rules when they run the Service Request.

Configuring Text User Inputs

When configured, the Text User Input displays to users as a text box with validation rules when they run the Service Request.

Copy Notification Trigger

Copy a notification trigger definition, including all of its notification messages, to other notification groups of the same group type in Solution 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 Jobs

Use this procedure to copy Jobs in Enterprise Manager.

Copying Master Jobs

Copy an existing master job to reuse its configuration as the starting point for a new job in the same or a different schedule.

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 Roles

Step-by-step procedure for copying a role in the Enterprise Manager Security editor.

Copying Roles

Use this procedure to copy Roles in Solution Manager.

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 Service Requests

How to copy an existing Service Request in Solution Manager to reuse its configuration as a starting point for a new one.

Copying User Accounts

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

Copying Users

Copy an existing user account in Solution Manager to reuse its configuration as a starting point for a new user.

Creating Cards

To create a Group card, complete the following steps: 1.

Creating Categories

You can group Service Requests into defined categories, such as a department or user group, and associate requests with that category.

Creating Script Versions

Step-by-step procedure for creating a new version of an embedded script in the Enterprise Manager Script Repository.

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.

Custom Reports

Custom reports in OpCon are built using the BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) framework. You can edit the Continuous-supplied BIRT reports or create entirely new ones to meet specific reporting requirements.

Daily Job Events

The Events panel in Daily Job Definition displays and lets you edit the OpCon events defined for the selected daily job instance.

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 Access Codes

Deleting an access code requires three procedures: revoking privileges, removing the code from the daily and master tables, then deleting the code.

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 Cards

Delete a Vision card in Solution Manager using either the Vision Live page or the Vision Settings page.

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 Global Properties

Deleting a global property requires three procedures: removing the property from the daily tables, removing it from the master tables, then deleting the property.

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 Roles

Use this procedure to delete Roles 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.

Deploying Script Versions

The Deploy Version feature deploys a specific script version to all or a subset of Master jobs already associated with that script.

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.

DoBatch

DoBatch.exe automatically builds, checks, deletes, or forecasts OpCon schedules via command files scheduled as Windows jobs.

Editing Calendars

Use this procedure to edit an existing calendar in Solution Manager.

Editing Cards

How to edit Vision cards in Solution Manager using the Vision Settings view.

Editing Daily Schedules

How to modify schedule and job information in the Daily tables, where each change applies only to a specific date's instance and does not affect Job Master records.

Editing Frequencies

Use this procedure to edit an existing Frequency in the Library module of Solution Manager.

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 Roles

Step-by-step procedure for editing a Role in the Enterprise Manager Security editor.

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.

Editing Vision Remote Instances

How to edit an existing Vision Remote Instance in Solution Manager, including connection settings and database connection fields.

Enabling Job Starts

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

Encrypting Passwords

Use Enterprise Manager encryption tool when a configuration value in OpCon requires an encrypted password.

Failover and Recovery with Replication

Failover and recovery with replication lets OpCon switch to a subscribing database server when the primary becomes unavailable, then restore the original configuration once the primary is back. The procedures cover: - Automatic Failover to the Subscribing OpCon Database Server - Manual Failover to the Subscribing OpCon Database Server -.

Failover Scenarios

Failover in OpCon shuts down the primary SMA Service Manager and starts the secondary, transferring control of the application group to the standby server. OpCon supports both automatic and manual failover, and the configuration depends on whether the database uses mirroring, replication, or a standalone setup.

Filtering Service Requests

Use the Filter bar to filter Service Requests by «Category», «OpCon Role», and/or «Service Request name».

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 Frequencies

Use the Forecast dialog in Solution Manager to preview the scheduled and excluded dates for a frequency across a full calendar year.

Forecasting Job Frequencies

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

Forgot / Reset Password

The Forgot Password feature in Solution Manager lets users reset their own password without administrator intervention by selecting the Forgot Password link on the login screen and following the reset workflow.

Get Failed Jobs

The Get Failed Jobs skill retrieves a list of failed jobs for a specified date.

Get Failed Schedules

The Get Failed Schedules skill retrieves a list of failed schedules for a specified date.

Getting Support Information

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

Granting Privileges to Roles

Use this procedure to grant privileges to a role in Enterprise Manager by moving items from the Revoked list to the Granted list in a privilege-type editor.

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.

Legacy Audit Management

The Legacy Audit Management program allows administrators to view audit information, as well as maintain the audit table.

Licensing

Continuous provides a license file during installation and maintenance to enable SAM.

Logging

The SAM and supporting services (SAM-SS) have several important logs.

Logging In/Out

Logging in to Enterprise Manager (EM) involves a dual login: the EM connects to SQL Server with a valid database user, then checks OpCon Role privileges to verify access to OpCon functions.

Logging In/Out

Log in to and out of Solution Manager using OpCon credentials, Windows Authentication, or Single Sign-On.

Look up Notification Sources

The Look up Notification Sources dialog performs a reverse lookup — given a Notification ID, it identifies the trigger, group type, group name, and notification type that generated it.

Looking up Notification Sources

The Notification Lookup tool performs a reverse lookup — given a Notification ID, it identifies the trigger, group, and notification type that sent it.

Machines

All systems with agents installed must be defined as a machine in the OpCon database.

Managing Access Codes

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

Managing Agents

Use the Agents page in Solution Manager to view agent status, filter the list, and select agents for communication status updates.

Managing Batch User Privileges

The Batch User Privileges editor creates and maintains security tokens used in batch processing and manages Role privileges for those tokens.

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 Batch Users

The Batch Users page in Solution Manager creates, edits, and deletes the user accounts that OpCon uses to run jobs on IBM i, MCP, OpenVMS, SQL, UNIX, and Windows.

Managing Calendars

The Calendars editor in Enterprise Manager defines and maintains OpCon Calendars, including holiday calendars and user-defined calendars.

Managing Calendars

The Calendars page in Solution Manager lets you add, edit, copy, delete, and clean up OpCon calendars from a single list view.

Managing Daily Processes

The Processes button on the main Operations page takes you to a page where you can view and manage the daily processes in operation.

Managing Departments

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

Managing Global Properties

Use the Global Properties editor in Enterprise Manager to add, edit, copy, and delete global properties used across OpCon automation.

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 Machine Privileges

The Machine Privileges editor maintains Role privileges for Machines, displaying a list of role names with granted and revoked privileges.

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 Operations

Use the Build button on the Operations Summary page in Solution Manager to open the Schedule Build page and build daily schedules from your master schedules.

Managing relays

Monitor relay and NetCom status, restart relays, upgrade relay versions, view logs, configure relay settings, and perform manual failover in Solution Manager.

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 Roles

The Roles editor in Enterprise Manager maintains role privileges, displaying a list of role names, Inherit Privilege options, and User Assignment controls.

Managing Schedule Privileges

The Schedule Privileges editor maintains Role privileges for Schedules, displaying a list of role names with granted and revoked privileges.

Managing Schedules

The Schedule Build dialog generates schedule builds manually for selected schedules for a specified day or series of days.

Managing Schedules

Use the Schedule Build page in Solution Manager to build one or more master schedules into the daily schedule for a specified date range.

Managing Script Runners

The Script Runners module allows you to add, edit, delete, and check cross-references for script runners.

Managing Script Types

The Script Types module allows you to add, edit, delete, and check cross-references for script types.

Managing Script Versions

The Script Versions module allows you to add, edit, delete, deploy, and check cross-references for script versions.

Managing Scripts

The Scripts module allows you to add, edit, delete, deploy, and check cross-references for scripts.

Managing Self Service

Self Service is a licensed OpCon module in the Solution Manager web interface that enables front-office staff to trigger OpCon workflows without IT involvement.

Managing Server Options

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

Managing Service Requests

Manage Service Requests in Solution Manager by using the Edit, Copy, and Delete buttons that appear on each Service Request button in Admin Mode.

Managing Solution Manager

The Solution Manager topic in the Navigation Panel provides links to access Solution Manager modules and pages from within Enterprise Manager.

Managing Tags

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

Managing Tags

Use the Tags page in Solution Manager to add, copy, edit, delete, and associate tags with jobs and frequencies.

Managing Thresholds

The Thresholds editor in Enterprise Manager defines and maintains OpCon Thresholds, displaying a list of thresholds and their corresponding values.

Managing Time Settings

Configure SAM polling intervals and the daily schedule build hour in Solution Manager Server Options.

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.

Managing Users

Manage OpCon user accounts in Solution Manager. Add, copy, delete, and modify users from Library > Access Management > Users.

Managing Vision Actions

Vision Actions are OpCon Events defined for a Vision Frequency Trigger. Use the Vision Actions page in Solution Manager to view, add, edit, and delete actions.

Managing Vision Frequencies

Vision Frequencies define which days cards are displayed in the Vision module. Use this page to add, edit, and delete frequencies from the central Vision Frequencies admin page.

Menus

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

Merging Schedules

Merging two schedules combines all jobs from both into a single schedule.

Migrating Data

Users who upgraded from an earlier release of OpCon to OpCon 20.00.00 or higher may need to migrate their data before accessing the system.

Moving Jobs

Use this procedure to move Jobs in Enterprise Manager.

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 Configuration

Notification configuration in OpCon sets up the delivery infrastructure that the SMA Notify Handler uses to send alerts — including SNMP trap settings, SPO Agent configuration, and SMTP settings for email and text message notifications.

Notification Triggers

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.

Notification Triggers

Notification triggers write notification information to the OpCon database when the status of one or more items in a group changes.

OpCon Server Upgrade

Upgrading the OpCon server involves a series of ordered procedures that must be completed from beginning to end.

Opening Mini Maps

The Mini Map displays a miniature view of the entire PERT map of the schedule to browse specific information for schedules and/or jobs.

Performing Schedule Checks

Run a schedule check from the Operations module in Solution Manager to validate dependencies and job requirements for a date or a specific schedule.

Pingman

Pingman is a utility that constantly pings a machine to determine network stability.

Raising Events

Use this procedure to raise Events in Enterprise Manager.

Re-Synchronizing Running Jobs

Re-Synchronizing Running Jobs resets the count of jobs currently tracked as running on a machine, correcting discrepancies between OpCon and the machine's actual state.

Receiving Installation Details

The Installation Details dialog in Enterprise Manager displays plug-in names, version numbers, provider information, and signing data for the current installation.

Refreshing Graph Layouts

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

Reporting Problems

You can report Enterprise Manager bugs directly through Enterprise Manager.

Reporting Service

The Reporting Service is a Windows Service that extracts data from the OpCon database, transforms it, and loads it into a dedicated Reporting database. This isolates reporting queries from the operational database and makes the data viewable and downloadable through Solution Manager.

Reset Settings

Reset Settings in Solution Manager's Server Options lets you restore server option values to their system defaults — for all options at once or for just the current tab — without reverting each setting individually.

Restart Failed Jobs

The Restart Failed Jobs skill restarts all failed jobs in a specified schedule for a specified date.

Revoking Privileges from Batch Users

Revoking a batch user privilege moves it from the Granted list to the Revoked list for a role, preventing that role from running jobs under that user account.

Running Service Requests

Run a Service Request in Solution Manager's Self Service module to trigger an OpCon automation workflow.

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 Activity Monitor (SAM)

The Schedule Activity Monitor (SAM) determines when jobs in the Daily tables qualify for submission to an agent and processes OpCon events.

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.

Schedules

A schedule in OpCon is a group of jobs making up a business process.

Sending Emails (SMTP)

The Email tab provides the following fields for defining an SMTP email notification: - To (Required): One or more SMTP email addresses separated by semicolons (;).

Sending Network Messages

Configure a Network Pop-up Message notification in Enterprise Manager so OpCon sends a pop-up message to one or more Windows machines or users when a trigger event occurs.

Sending Notification Tests

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

Sending OpCon Events

The Event tab provides the following fields for defining an OpCon event opened for the selected trigger: - Event Command: The Event Command definition.

Sending SNMP Traps

Define an SNMP trap notification in Enterprise Manager so OpCon sends a trap when a job, schedule, or machine status change occurs.

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 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.

Setting up OpCon Events

Add and configure OpCon events on a Service Request in Solution Manager, including variable syntax and system variables.

Setting up Privileges

Assign which OpCon roles can see and run a Service Request button from the Self Service page.

Setting up User Inputs

When a Variable is defined within an OpCon Event definition, it becomes available as a User Input that operators complete when they run the Service Request.

SMA Evaluate Expression

SMA Evaluate Expression (SMAEvalExp.exe) accesses the OpCon Property Expressions API — the same API used by Job Dependencies and Events Based on Complex Expressions.

SMA Resource Monitor Wizards

The SMA Resource Monitor User Interface provides Wizards within the Add and Edit functions for all monitor types and Action Groups.

SMAGetServiceStatus

The SMAGetServiceStatus utility (SMAGetServiceStatus.exe) monitors the status of Windows services.

SMAHoliday

Use SMAHoliday.exe to populate an OpCon calendar with holiday dates by running a configurable rule set from an INI file.

SMALogEvent

SMALogEvent writes messages to the Windows event log from a command line.

SMASetRMFileName

SMASetRMFileName updates the file name monitored by a specified rule in the SMA Resource Monitor Rules 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.

Summarize Schedule Build

The Summarize Schedule Build skill displays a summary of the schedule build log for a specified schedule and date, including build status, the jobs included or excluded, and a link to the full log file.

Synch SAP

Use the SMASynchSAP utility to re-synchronize SAP job numbers in OpCon after changes on the SAP Server cause job definitions to fall out of sync.

System Requirements

Getting Started with OpCon covers the hardware and software requirements that must be met before installation, along with key naming conventions and initial configuration considerations for the OpCon server.

User General

Modify a user's general information on the General tab in Solution Manager Access Management.

User Roles

Use the Roles tab on the Users page to view all roles in the system and assign or remove roles for the selected user.

User Settings

Modify password expiration and external token settings for a user on the Settings tab in Solution Manager Access Management.

Using Administration Tools

The Administration tools perform the functions listed below, depending on the specific editor or view in which you are working.

Using Agent Status

Open the Agent Status page in Solution Manager directly from Enterprise Manager to view and update communication status for Agents.

Using Daily Maintenance View

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

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 Gantt View

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

Using Live

Open the Vision Live page in Solution Manager directly from Enterprise Manager to monitor Vision card status in real time.

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 Machine Groups

There are several scenarios for automation that benefit from using Machine Groups in OpCon.

Using Matrix View

The Matrix view provides an alternative grid-format way to view and update job information.

Using Notification Manager

The Notification Manager is used to create groups based on Machine, Schedule, and Job status change events in OpCon, then define triggers to send notifications.

Using PERT View

PERT functionality renders on-demand diagrams that show job dependency relationships.

Using Pie Chart View

The Pie Chart view represents a schedule using colors corresponding to job statuses.

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 Properties for Automation

The values of properties can be retrieved by tokenizing the property name and using the token in Job Definitions, Schedule Completion Events, Job Events, External Events, and notifications defined in.

Using Quick Search

The Quick Search function displays a dialog to search for and edit schedules and/or jobs.

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 Build

The Schedule Build link in the Enterprise Manager Solution Manager navigation panel opens the Schedule Build page in Solution Manager.

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 Extract

The Schedule Extract is an Enterprise Manager plug-in that extracts information for a selected schedule and creates SMADDI XML format files.

Using Self Service

The Self Service link in the Enterprise Manager Navigation Panel opens the Self Service page in Solution Manager.

Viewing a Job Output File

When OpCon runs a job, the Agent on the target machine captures job output and saves it to one or more files that you can view through Solution Manager or Enterprise Manager.

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 and Updating Documentation

The Documentation panel in Master Job Definition displays job and frequency documentation text, with hyperlinks rendered as clickable links in Read-only mode.

Viewing and Updating Documentation

The Documentation panel in Daily Job Definition displays documentation for the job and frequency, including clickable hyperlinks in Read-only mode.

Viewing and Updating Events

The Events panel in Master Job Definition displays the events configured for the job. In Admin mode, you can add, edit, and remove events.

Viewing and Updating Frequencies

Use the Frequencies panel in Master Job Definition to assign, remove, and configure the frequencies that control when a job is eligible to run.

Viewing and Updating General Info

The section at the top of the Master Job Definition page displays general job details: - Schedule Name (read-only) - Job Name - Job Type (read-only) - Department - Access Code - Disable Build - Allow.

Viewing and Updating General Info

The Daily Job Definition page displays read-only job identification fields and editable fields for Department, Access Code, and Tags. This page explains how to update those fields in Admin mode.

Viewing and Updating Instance Properties

The Instance Properties panel in Daily Job Definition displays the defined properties for each instance of the job. Users with appropriate permissions can add, edit, or delete instance properties in Admin mode.

Viewing and Updating Job Frequencies

The Frequency panel in Daily Job Definition displays all frequency information for a job and lets you update timing, offset, retry, and recurrence settings.

Viewing and Updating Resource Dependencies

The Resource Dependency panel in Daily Job Definition displays any defined resource dependencies for the selected job and lets you add, edit, or delete them in Admin mode.

Viewing and Updating Resource Updates

The Resource Update panel in Master Job Definition displays and manages resource updates for the job — rules that change a resource's maximum count when the job reaches a specific status.

Viewing and Updating Resource Updates

The Resource Update panel in Daily Job Definition displays defined resource updates for the selected job. Users with the appropriate privileges can add, edit, or delete resource updates in Admin mode.

Viewing Job Configuration

The Operations module allows you to retrieve the configuration for a job if it: - is completed or has started - does not have a status of Waiting, On Hold, Cancelled, Missed Start Time, or Skipped To.

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 Job Output

Retrieve and review job output files from the Operations module in Solution Manager for jobs that are running, on hold, or completed.

Viewing Master Schedule

Studio Canvas renders on-demand diagrams showing job nodes and job dependency relationships.

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.

Viewing Vision Health

Vision Health provides a dashboard of historical data for completed Vision cards and a high-level view of data from the Operations module.

Viewing, Adding, and Editing SAP BW Job Details

SAP BW job details define the Process Chain Name that OpCon submits to the SAP Business Warehouse system. Configure these details in the Task Details panel of an SAP BW master job in Solution Manager.

Working with Vision

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.

z/OS Job Details

The information in this section applies to defining the z/OS Job Type information.