Execution Manager

With Execution Manager you enable, activate, and monitor multiple workflow groups.

To open the Execution Manager, go to Manage → Tools & Monitoring and then select Execution Manager.

 

The Execution Manager

The Execution Manager is made up of three tabs, Overview, Running Workflows, and Detail Views. You open a Detail View tab for every workflow group or groups, that you want to monitor.

Info!

The times stated by the Start Time and Next Run will follow the timezone of the Desktop Client.

Overview Tab

The Overview tab is comprised of the Status box and the workflow groups table.

Status Box

In the Status box, you see a log of events of workflows and workflow groups, that are also displayed on the System Log tool. See the figure above, The Execution Manager.

Workflow Groups Table

The workflow groups table provides you with information about all the workflow groups that are configured in the system:



Column

Description

Name

The workflow group name

Mode

If the workflow group is enabled it can be activated by its scheduling criteria. If it is disabled, the workflow group can only be started manually.

State

The workflow group's current state

Runtime Info

Specific information about the workflow group state

Started By

The workflow or workflow group may have been started by one of the following:

  • Schedule: The workflow group scheduling criteria

  • A user

  • The parent workflow group

  • Workflow name if it is auto-started

Note

The value is Unknown if the platform has been restarted.



Start Time

The last time an execution was started. The time will follow the timezone of the Desktop client.

Next Run

The next scheduled execution time. The time will follow the timezone of the Desktop client.

Note!

If the workflow is not enabled this space is empty.



Next Suspend Action

The suspend action is either the scheduled execution suspension of a configuration (workflow or workflow group) or the removal of such a suspension (activation enabling).



Right-click Menu

Right-clicking a row in the table opens the following menu:



Entry

Description

Open in Detail View

Opens the selection in a separate tab.

View Abort Message

Opens an error dialog box that specifies the reason for aborting the execution of the particular workflow group or its workflow member.

Start

Triggers execution of your selection

Stop

Stops your selections execution

Enable/Disable

Select to enable/disable the workflow group.

Open in Editor

Opens a workflow configuration or a workflow group in a new tab in Desktop.

Running Workflows Tab

The Running Workflows tab displays the workflows that are currently running as well as the ones that are unreachable.

The Running Workflow tab table contains the columns that you find on the Overview tab, as well as the following:



Column

Description

Name

The name(s) of the running workflow(s).

Status

The status of the workflow(s). 

EC

The IP address or hostname of the computer on which the workflow is running

Debug

On or Off. See Toggle Debug Mode in Workflow Monitor.

Backlog

The number of files that are yet to be processed.

The value on Backlog is identical to the Source Files Left MIM value.

Throughput

This column displays the throughput for the workflow's collecting agent. The value shows either number of UDRs or bytes, depending on what the collecting agent produces, and is updated every five seconds as long as the workflow is being executed.

Detail Views Tab

The Detail Views tab displays the workflow group, or groups, that you select from the Overview tab.



The table on this tab contains the columns that you see on the Running Workflows tab as well as the following:



Column

Description

Prereq

A comma-delimited list of the workflow group Prerequisites settings. See Members Execution Order in 3.2.2 Managing a Workflow Group.

Next Suspend Action

The suspend action is either the scheduled execution suspension of a configuration (workflow or workflow group), or the removal of such a suspension (activation enabling).

Right-click Menu

Right-clicking a row in the table opens a menu. See a description of all entries but the following in the section above, Right-Click Menu:



Entry

Description

Debug On/Off

Turns on/off debug information for the selected workflows. See Toggle Debug Mode in Workflow Monitor or 3.1.8 Workflow Properties for more information.

Open in Monitor

Applies only to workflows. Opens the selected workflow in the Workflow Monitor.





To open the Detail View of a workflow group:

  1.   Right-click the workflow group or a selection of multiple workflow groups.


  2.   Select Open Detail View; the New Detail View dialog box appears.

    New Detail View dialogue


  3.   Enter a unique name for the view and click OK. The Detail Views tab opens and displays the selected workflow groups and their members in a separate table.


Managing Detail Views

Use the Manage Detail Views button to set the visibility of the Detail Views of workflow groups

To Manage Detail View Tabs:  

  1.   Select Manage Detail Views ; the Manage Detail Views window opens.




  2. Use the Visible checkbox to set the visibility of Detail Views of each workflow group.

  3. In the table, you can click the Refresh button to refresh the Detail Views table or click the Delete button to delete the Detail Views table of the workflow group.