Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide
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Creating Variable Dependencies
Creating a Repeating Job and Associating a Job Event
6.
Click OK at the Effective Date dialog.
Note: When you click OK at this dialog, the job group enters the production schedule, but nothing will run because there
are no jobs associated with the job group yet. Since you can manually add the job group to the schedule later, clicking
Cancel at this dialog is also acceptable.
are no jobs associated with the job group yet. Since you can manually add the job group to the schedule later, clicking
Cancel at this dialog is also acceptable.
Creating a Repeating Job and Associating a Job Event
To create a repeating job and associate a job event:
1.
In the Jobs pane, select the job group Gather Orders
and click the Add Job button or right-click in the Jobs pane
and choose Add Job from the context menu to display the Job Definition dialog.
2.
In the Job Name field, enter Gather_ Report.
3.
In the Command field, enter the full path to the Gather
batch file.
4.
Click the Schedule tab.
5.
In the Repeats section, select the Run new occurrence every option. Click in the minutes field and enter 2
(or use
the up and down arrows) and click in the up to ___ times field and enter 5.
6.
Click OK.
7.
Click OK in the Effective Date dialog.
8.
If the Gather Report job is not visible in the Jobs pane, expand the Gather Orders job group by clicking the expand
icon to its left.
icon to its left.
The Gather Report job will run every two minutes for a total of five times, activating the Event Action Gather job
event each time. Set Gather Var is tied to Event Action Gather and will increment by 1 each time Gather Report
runs. When Set Gather Var
event each time. Set Gather Var is tied to Event Action Gather and will increment by 1 each time Gather Report
runs. When Set Gather Var
reaches 3, it will have fulfilled the conditions necessary to set off the next job, which we
will define as Order Reports in
explains in general terms the interdependence of Gather Report (Job A), Set Gather Var (a
user-defined variable), and Order Reports (Job B).
9.
Right-click Gather Report
and from the context menu select Edit Job/Group.
10.
Click the Job Events tab.
11.
Click Insert to display the Select Job Event dialog.
12.
Select the Event Action Gather
event.
13.
Click OK. The job event displays in the Events field.
14.
Click OK to close the Job Definition dialog.
15.
Click OK
to confirm the Effective Date dialog.
Every time the Gather Report job completes normally, the variable Gather Orders will be incremented by 1.
Creating a Job Dependent on the Gather Orders Variable
To create a job dependent on the Gather Orders variable:
1.
Select the job group Gather Orders and click the Add Job button or right-click and select Add Job from the context
menu to display the Job Definition dialog.
menu to display the Job Definition dialog.