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Version: OpCon 26.0 (On-Prem)

Workflow Designer Flow Diagram Icons

Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer

What Is It?​

Each job in the diagram is represented by a rectangle containing the job name, colored squares for frequencies, an icon for the job type, and/or icons for special information.

Job Type Icons​

The diagram may display any of the following job type icons:

BIS Job icon BIS OS 2200 Job icon OS 2200 Container Job icon Container SAP BW Job icon SAP BW File Transfer Job icon File Transfer SAP Job icon SAP R/3 and CRM IBM i Job icon IBM i SQL Job icon SQL Java Job icon Java Tuxedo ART Job icon Tuxedo ART MCP Job icon MCP UNIX Job icon UNIX Null Job icon Null Job Windows Job icon Windows OpenVMS Job icon OpenVMS z/OS Job icon z/OS

Information Icons​

The diagram may also display any of the following information icons:

Circular Dependency icon The job has a circular dependency. Event icon The job has an event. Dependency icon The job has a dependency on a job in another schedule. Expression Dependency icon A job has an expression dependency. Threshold Update icon A job has a threshold/ resource update.

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Configuration Options​

SettingWhat It DoesDefaultNotes

FAQs​

Q: What does Workflow Designer Flow Diagram Icons cover?

This page covers Job Type Icons, Information Icons.

Glossary​

Container Job: A job type that runs a subschedule. Container jobs enable hierarchical schedule structures and support properties and events just like standard jobs.

Null Job: A job type that performs no execution on any platform. Null jobs are used to hold dependencies, trigger OpCon events, and keep schedules open after all other jobs complete.

Frequency: A set of rules that defines when a job or schedule is eligible to run, based on calendar rules, day-of-week settings, period offsets, and other timing criteria.

Threshold: A numeric variable stored in the OpCon database used to control job execution. Jobs can be made dependent on threshold values, and OpCon events can update threshold values at runtime.

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.

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.