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Unit 1 Exercise 9

Exercise 9: Workflow Designer​

Objective​

To use Wokflow Designer in Enterprise Manager to add a job and its dependency to an existing schedule.

Summary​

Open Workflow Designer and create a new Job named WINDOWS JOB 5 in MY FIRST SCHEDULE. Give the Job the same details as the existing Jobs within this Schedule. Give the Job a Requires Dependency for WINDOWS JOB 4.

Note

This exercise will be work in Enterprise Manager

Instructions​

Walkthrough Video - Unit 1 Exercise 10
  1. Open Enterprise Manager.
  2. Click on Yes, on the Daily Purge popup window, if it occurs.

In Workflow Designer In Enterprise Manager​

  1. Under the Administration topic, double-click on Workflow Designer.
  2. From the Select Schedule list on the right, select My First Schedule.
  3. In the Tools section on the right, select the Add Job tool.
  4. In the white workspace, click to add a job.

Creating the New Job on the Job Master Screen​

  1. In the Name field, enter Windows Job 5.
  2. In the Job Type drop-down, select Windows as Job Type.
  3. In the Primary Machine drop-down list, select the SMATraining machine for the Job to run on.
  4. In the User ID drop-down list, select SMATRAINING\SMAUSER
  5. In the Command Line field, use CTRL + F to pull up the previous command lines used and select one that looks similar to the following:
"C:\Program Files\OpConxps\MSLSAM\Genericp.exe" -t10 -e0
  1. Click the Save button in the Job Master toolbar at the top right of the screen.
  2. Click on Frequency tab.
  3. Under the Frequency List box, click Add.
  4. In the Frequency Definition Wizard, select Example-Mon-Sun-O from the drop-down list.
  5. Click Next and Finish.
  6. Click on the X to the right of the Job Master tab to close the Job Master screen.

Adding the Dependency in Workflow Designer​

  1. In the Tools section on the right of the Workflow Deisgner screen, click Add Dependency.
  2. Click on Windows Job 4, which is the object of the dependency.
  3. Click on Windows Job 5, to create the dependency.
  4. In the Job Dependency window, validate that Requires is the Dependency Type and that Finished OK is the Option selected.
  5. Click OK to save the Job dependency.
  6. Close the Workflow Designer tab.
Note

Notice that the mouse icon keeps the “Add Dependency” pointer. You can click “Select” from the Tools panel or just press the escape key.