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Property Expressions Exercise 6

Exercise 6: OI (Property in a Property Name)​

Objective​

To use an OpCon Instance to combine a Schedule Instance Property with another string to create another Property Name.

Summary​

Utilizing an OpCon Instance to create and use a Property Name that is the combination of 2 values that will resolve to the wanted parameter value.

Instructions​

Create the Global Properties​

  1. Create 6 Global Properties
  • PROD-LOAD = 5
  • PROD-POST = 30
  • PROD-RETURNS = 15
  • DEV-LOAD = 3
  • DEV-POST = 18
  • DEV-RETURNS = 9

Create the Schedule​

  1. Create a Multi-Instance Schedule named Property In Property Name with two different Schedule Instance Properties
  • ENV = PROD
  • ENV = DEV

Create the Jobs​

  1. Create a Windows Jobs with the following settings
  • Job Name: Load Job
  • Job Type: Windows
  • Primary Machine: SMATraining
  • User ID: SMATRAINING\SMAUSER
  • Command Line timeout /t [[OI.[[=[[SI.ENV]]+"-LOAD"]]]]
  • Frequency: MON-FRI-N
  1. Copy the job to create the jobs for Post and Returns.
  • Make sure to modify the expression in the command line accordingly.
  1. Add dependencies so that they run in order
  • Load → Post → Returns

Build the schedule​

  1. Build and run the schedule for today.
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Verify that 2 schedules build, PROD and DEV and that all jobs ran successfully