Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Job Activity

Job Details Dialog

Note: 

CWA’s default is to discard job output. To save or append job output or to specify that the output be produced 

in summary format, change the system default on the Defaults tab of the System Configuration dialog. This can be 
adjusted for individual jobs from the Options tab of that job’s Job Definition dialog.

You can refresh the output if parameters have been changed after runtime by clicking Refresh output.

Job Details - Dependencies Tab

About the Dependencies Tab

Shows all predecessors (job, file, time and variable dependencies) needed before a job can run. It also displays all 
successors occurring after the job runs.

From the Dependencies tab, you can override individual job dependencies for a job instance (but not for a job group). 
(To override all of a job instance’s dependencies, refer to the override section of the 

.) 

Other instances of the job are not affected when you override a dependency. 

There are three ways to override a dependency:

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Select the dependency in the Predecessors field and click the Override button.

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Select the dependency in the Predecessors field, right-click to display the context menu and choose the Override 
option.

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Select the dependency in the Predecessors field and use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+O

This tab contains the following elements:

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Include dependencies already satisfied option – When not checked, only dependencies that have not been met 
are displayed. Otherwise, met dependencies are displayed with a green box outlining the dependency’s icon. The 
default is checked to show all predecessors and successors.

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Predecessors – Displays files, times that must be met and hierarchical trees of earlier jobs that must reach a 
particular status before this job can run. Jobs on higher levels of the hierarchies depend upon jobs in lower levels.

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Override Button – Select a specific dependency and click the Override button to override the dependency for a job 
instance. 

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Successors – Displays a hierarchical tree of jobs that are dependent on the job in question. Jobs on lower levels of 
the hierarchies depend on the jobs above.

File Dependencies

File dependencies are defined in the job’s definition dialog, and are displayed with a file icon, the file’s path name and 
the dependency expression (Exist, Not Exist, etc…).

Job Dependencies

Job dependencies are defined in the job’s definition dialog and are displayed with a job icon, the job’s name, the selected 
logical operator (=, <>, etc…), its target status, and the present status. If the job is not currently in the production 
schedule, the icon changes to the not-in-schedule icon.

Note: To have a job ignore a job dependency when the dependency is not in the schedule, select the Ignore dependency 
if job not in schedule option in the Job Dependency Definition dialog.