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Access Codes

Available Access Codes are listed under Library > Access Codes.

Access Management

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

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.

Accessing Job Summary

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

Accessing the Solution

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.

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.

Administration Overview

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

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.

Agents Admin Overview

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

Application Help

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

Architecture Overview

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.

Audit History Report

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

Auditing Overview

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

Batch Users Overview

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.

BIRT Report Generator

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

Breaking Changes in Installation

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).

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.

Canvas Overview

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

Check Job Termination

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

Check Schedule and Job Status

SMAChkStat.exe compares schedule and job statuses in OpCon against a logical expression, then returns a pass or fail exit code.

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.

CloudEvents Triggers

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

Command-line Utilities Introduction

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

Comparative Job Execution Statistics Report

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.

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.

Container Jobs and SubSchedules

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

Containers Overview

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

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.

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.

Daily Job Information Report

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

Data Input Message Elements

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

Database Mirroring Checklist

The Continuous SQL scripts for mirroring the OpCon database use scripting variables defined in SMA_SetDBMirroringScriptingVariables.cmd.

Database Replication Checklist

The Continuous SQL scripts for replicating the OpCon database use scripting variables defined in SMA_SetDBReplicationScriptingVariables.cmd.

Defining Escalation Groups

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

Defining Global Properties

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.

Defining Named Schedule Instances

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

Delete Daily Job

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

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.

Departments

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.

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.

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.

Development Overview

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

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.

EM Getting Started Overview

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

EM Layout Overview

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

Email (SMTP) dialog

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

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.

Escalation Manager

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 Overview

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

Event Details by Date Report

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

Expression Dependency

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

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.

File Locations

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

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.

Frequencies Dev Overview

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

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 Started

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

Getting Started

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

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.

Graphical Utilities Introduction

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.

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.

Introduction

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

Isolate Dependency Chain

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

Job Actions Overview

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.

Job and Schedule Statuses Overview

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 Dependencies and Documentation Report

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

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 Frequency

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

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 Instance Definition

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

Job Task Details Overview

Job Task Details contain the platform-specific settings that control how a job runs on its target Agent — the command, script, parameters, user credentials, and platform-specific options.

Job Type Management

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

Keyboard Shortcuts

Enterprise Manager supports keyboard shortcuts that speed up navigation and common tasks. Shortcuts are available at the application level (such as F1 for help) and within individual views and editors.

Legacy Audit Management

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

Library Overview

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.

License & Support

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

Licensing

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

List Application Logs

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

List Archive Files

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

Log File Details

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

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.

Machine Groups

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

Machine Information

The Machine Information dialog provides read-only details about a selected machine.

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 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 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 Master Jobs

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.

Managing Master Schedules

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

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 Privileges

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.

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

Managing Script Runners

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

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 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.

Managing Vision Settings

Reference for Vision Settings card fields in Solution Manager, including Parent Card, Type, Name, Instance, Pattern, Job Offset, Roles, Thresholds, and Frequencies.

Master Job Information Report

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 Overview

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

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.

Modifying Users Overview

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

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 Panel

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

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.

Network Message

Field reference for the Network Message notification type in Notification Triggers. Use this type to send pop-up messages to Windows machines or users when a Machine, Schedule, or Job changes status.

Notification Categories

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

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.

Notification Groups

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

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

The Notification Triggers frame provides tabs for the Machines, Schedules, and Jobs trigger types. Each tab displays user-defined notification groups and the triggers associated with each group.

Notification Triggers

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.

Notification Types Overview

Each notification trigger can deliver alerts through one or more delivery channels. Use this reference to identify available notification types and their configuration requirements.

OpCon Database Scripts

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

OpCon Documentation

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

OpCon Events

Reference for the OpCon Events notification type in Solution Manager. Use this notification type to send one or more OpCon events when a notification trigger fires.

OpCon Job Names

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 Schedule Names

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

OpCon Server Options

Configure global behavior settings for the OpCon SAM and supporting services, including time settings, logging, SMTP configuration, password requirements, and Vision settings.

OpCon Server Upgrade

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

Open Window to Host

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

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.

Operation Toolbar Reference

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

Operations Overview

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.

Optional Components

Optional components in OpCon extend the core server with additional capabilities such as LDAP synchronization, notification handling, and data input processing.

Otto Chatbot Overview

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

Otto Skills Overview

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

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.

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.

Pingman

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

Privileges

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

Raising Events

Use this procedure to raise Events in Enterprise Manager.

RBAC Overview

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

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.

Relays overview

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

Relays reference

Field definitions, status values, failover transition steps, permission requirements, and API reference for the Relays / NetComs page in Solution Manager.

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.

Reports

The Reporting page contains two tabs: REPORTS and SETTINGS.

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.

Resources

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

Responsive Platform

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

Restart Failed Jobs

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

Retrieve Application Log

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

Retrieve Job Output

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.

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.

Role Activities

The Activities tab (Library > Access Management > Roles) lists the function privileges assigned to the selected role, grouped by category.

Role Batch Users

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

Role Department Activities

Reference for departmental function privileges in OpCon roles — the per-department permissions that control which jobs a user can view and manage within each department.

Role General

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

Role Resources

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

Role Users

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

Roles

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

Roles and Privileges Report

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

!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.

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.

Running Service Requests

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

Running Work Overview

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

SAP Job Menu Options

SAP jobs include right-click menu options to monitor and restart SAP child processes and view SAP job spools from within Enterprise Manager.

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 Actions Overview

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

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 Completion Events

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

Schedule Dates and Automation

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

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.

Scripts Overview

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

Self Service Overview

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

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 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 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 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.

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 Notify Handler

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

SMA Request Router

The SMA Request Router reads the OpCon database to process requests from the SAM, Enterprise Manager, and Solution Manager.

SMA Resource Monitor Introduction

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

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.

SMA Start Time Calculator

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

SMADDI Message Types

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

SMADirectory

SMADirectory (SMADirectory.exe) manages OpCon directories, keeping log and report directories from consuming excessive disk space.

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.

SNMP Trap

Reference for the SNMP Trap notification type in OpCon, including the Event ID, Severity, and Message fields used to define an outbound SNMP trap.

SPO Event Report

Reference for the SPO Event Report notification type in Solution Manager. Covers AL and CO report fields, severity levels, alarm identifiers, and their default behaviors.

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.

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.

Summary Information

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

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 Configuration Overview

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

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.

Tags

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

Text Message

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

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.

Thresholds

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

Types of Logs

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

Update Job Status

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

Update Machine Status

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

Update Schedule Status

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

URL Shortcuts

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

User Accounts are required for authentication to OpCon.

User General

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

User Inputs Overview

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

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.

Users and Privileges Report

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.

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 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 Health

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.

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

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 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 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 Management Tools

The Management tools perform actions on the active editor or view, including adding, removing, saving, and managing frequency, tag, and audit records.

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 Operations

The Operation section under Solution Manager in Enterprise Manager provides links that open operational pages in Solution Manager, including Summary, Processes, Schedule Build, and Agent Status.

Using PERT View

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

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 Processes

The Processes link in Enterprise Manager opens the Daily Processes page in Solution Manager, where you can view and manage schedules, jobs, and agents currently in operation.

Using Profile

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

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 Build Queue

The Schedule Build Queue page lists all active and completed schedule build requests, showing status, progress, and links to build logs.

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 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 Secondary Windows

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

Using Security Tools

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

Using Self Service

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

Using Settings

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

Using Summary

The Summary link in Enterprise Manager opens the Operations Summary page in Solution Manager, providing high-level summary information (by way of graphical dials) for schedules, jobs, and Agent machines.

Using Tag 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.

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.

Utilities Overview

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

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 Job Task Details

The Task Details panel in Daily Job Definition displays platform-specific properties for the selected job. Use this panel to view or update job type settings in Solution Manager.

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 Cards in Vision Live

Understand Vision Live card types, status colors, job count breakdowns, and how to navigate the card hierarchy in Solution Manager.

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 Service Request Process Indicators

After you submit a Service Request, Solution Manager displays an running status page with a progress bar and running indicators that track concurrent and historical runs.

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.

Vision Cards Overview

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

Vision Overview

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

What's New in Installation

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

Windows Event Log

Configure a Windows Event Log notification to write entries to the Windows Application log when Machine, Schedule, or Job status changes occur in OpCon.

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 in Admin Mode

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.

Working in Admin Mode

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

Working in User Mode

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.

Working in User Mode

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.

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 Management

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

Working with Operation

The Operation views display all schedules to which the current user account has access in the Daily tables.

Working with Operations

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.

Working with Scripts

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.

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.

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.