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For process automation, there are various repository objects that can be viewed and edited in the Definitions tab. Once you have setup your scheduling landscape with connections to the external systems you would like to use, you can create processes with the following repository objects:

  • Job Definitions - A job definition is a repository object that defines a process to be executed by the process server. A job definition consists of command text to be executed and several runtime and scheduling controls.

  • Job Chains - A job chain is built from a set of calls to job definitions (named job chain jobs) grouped in one or more steps.

  • Event Definitions - An event definition is a repository object that defines event objects. Event objects are used by other job definitions and job chains to signal that a job must start or has completed.

  • Formats - Jobs and job chain jobs produce output files in various formats, to enable client systems to use the correct program to open output files, the correct format must be created and defined in the job definition.

  • Resources - A resource is an object that defines which resources (programs, libraries) are needed by a process server to execute a job. Process servers provide resources.

  • Locks - A lock is used to prevent two jobs from running simultaneously. When jobs share a lock, the first job to start will hold the lock, preventing other job definitions with this lock from starting until it completes.

  • Reports - Generate reports based on queries in HTML or Comma Separated Values (csv) format