Using PERT View
Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer
What Is It?
The PERT view shows a schedule's individual jobs and job dependency relationships. For information on changing PERT preferences, refer to Preferences for Update Sites. For error messages displayed for failed jobs, refer to Operations Machine Messages in the Concepts online help.
The PERT screen displays job dependency relationships and each job's current status in simple schedules. To display schedule and job information in the PERT view, you must first select a schedule in another view (e.g., List or Matrix) and activate the Listen for selection changes in other views button on the PERT toolbar.
The Send the current selection to other views button must also be activated in another view (e.g., Daily List and/or Matrix). To view changes simultaneously in both views, refer to the Synchronizing Data between List and PERT Views procedure.
PERT View Toolbar
The PERT view has a toolbar for performing actions in the view. Select any icon to learn more about its functionality.
PERT View Right-click menu
Right-click a job in the PERT view to display the following options:
- Job: Refer to Job Right-click Menu
- Open SubSchedule: For Container jobs, changes the display to show the jobs in the subschedule
- Find: Opens the Find a Job dialog
- Isolate: Options related to job dependency display
- Previous Dependencies: Displays all preceding jobs in a dependent chain
- Subsequent Dependencies: Displays all subsequent jobs in a dependent chain
- Dependency Chain: Displays an entire dependency chain (preceding critical path and subsequent jobs)
- Shortest Path: Shows the shortest path among all dependency chains to the selected job
- Layout: Opens a sub-menu to change the layout format
- Top to Bottom: Changes to a vertical tree layout
- Left to Right: Changes to a horizontal tree layout
- Zoom In: Increases the zoom level. Options: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 150%, 200%
- Zoom Out: Decreases the zoom level to the next lower percentage
- Print: Opens the Print dialog to print the diagram
- Take Screenshot: Takes a screenshot and saves the visible area of the current view
Related Topics
- Creating and Saving Custom Diagrams
- Synchronizing Data between List and PERT Views
- Creating/Updating Job Filters
- Opening Mini Maps
- Viewing Job Information
- Viewing Job History Information
- Viewing Container Jobs' SubSchedules
- Performing Additional Job Procedures
Configuration Options
| Setting | What It Does | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open SubSchedule | For Container jobs, changes the display to show the jobs in the subschedule | — | — |
| Isolate | Options related to job dependency display | — | — |
| Take Screenshot | Takes a screenshot and saves the visible area of the current view | — | — |
FAQs
Q: What can you do with PERT View?
PERT View allows you to pert view toolbar, pert view right-click menu.
Q: Who has access to PERT View?
Access to PERT View is controlled by the privileges assigned to your OpCon role. Contact your system administrator if you need access.
Glossary
Subschedule: A schedule that runs as a child process within a Container job, allowing hierarchical, nested workflow automation where a parent schedule can trigger and monitor an entire child schedule.
Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.
Role: A named security profile in OpCon that groups privileges together. Roles are assigned to user accounts to control which features, schedules, jobs, machines, and administrative functions a user can access.
Privilege: A specific permission granted through an OpCon role that controls access to a feature, function, or object type. Privileges are organized into categories such as Function Privileges, Machine Privileges, Schedule Privileges, and Access Codes.
Machine: A platform defined in the OpCon database that has an agent installed. OpCon routes job execution requests to machines via SMANetCom, and machines report job completion status back to SAM.
Schedule: A named container for jobs in OpCon, built for a specific date to create that day's automation. Schedules define build settings, frequencies, and the jobs that run within them.
Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.
OpCon: Continuous' workflow automation platform. The OpCon server includes the database, SAM and Supporting Services (SAM-SS), and graphical user interfaces. agents installed on target platforms run jobs and report results.