Aggregation Real-time Agent (4.3)
The real-time Aggregation agent's configuration dialog includes the following tabs:
- General
- APL Code
- Storage
General Tab
The Aggregation agent configuration dialog - General tab
Setting | Description |
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Profile | Click Browse...and select an Aggregation profile. All the workflows in the same workflow configuration can use different Aggregation profiles. For this to work, the profile has to be set to Default in the Field settings tab in the Workflow Properties dialog. After this, each workflow in the Workflow Table can be assigned with the correct profile. |
Force Read Only | Select this check box to only use the aggregation storage for reading aggregation session data. If you select this setting, timeout handling is disabled. When using file storage and sharing an Aggregation profile across several workflow configurations, the read and write lock mechanisms that are applied to the stored sessions must be considered:
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If Timeout is Missing | Select the action to take if timeout for sessions is not set in the APL code using The available options are:
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If No UDR Match is Found | Select the action that the agent is to take when a UDR that arrives does not match any session, and Create Session on Failure is disabled in the profile configuration:
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APL Code Tab
The APL Code tab allows you to manage the detailed behavior of the Aggregation agent. You use the Analysis Programming Language (APL) with some limitations but also with additional functionality. For further information see Aggregation APL Functions(3.0).
The main function block of the code is consume
. This block is invoked whenever a UDR has been associated with a session.
The timeout
block enables you to handle sessions that have not been successfully closed, e g if the final UDR has not arrived.
Item | Description |
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Code Area | This is where you write your APL code. For further information about the code area and its right-click menu, see Text Editor in /wiki/spaces/MD/pages/3221849. |
Compilation Test... | Use this button to compile your code and check that it is valid. The status of the compilation is displayed in a dialog. Upon failure, the erroneous line is highlighted and a message, including the line number, is displayed. |
Outline | Use this button to display or hide the APL Code Editor Outline navigation panel. The navigation panel provides a view of all the blocks, variables and methods in an APL code configuration and makes it possible to easily navigate between different types in the APL code. For further information on the Outline navigation panel, see /wiki/spaces/MD/pages/3221849. |
Storage Tab
The Storage tab contains settings that are specific for the selected storage in the Aggregation profile. Different settings are available in batch and real-time workflows.
File Storage
When using file storage for sessions in a batch workflow, the Storage tab contains a setting to control how often the timeout block should be executed. In this tab, it is also specified when the changes to the aggregation data is written to file.
The Aggregation agent configuration dialog - Storage tab for File Storage
Setting | Description |
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Session Timeout Interval (seconds) | Determines how often, in seconds, the |
Storage Commit Interval (seconds) | Determines how often, in seconds, the in-memory data is saved to files on disk. |
Storage Commit Interval (#Processing Calls) | Determines the number of Processing Calls before the in memory data is saved to files on disk. A 'Processing Call' is an execution of any of the blocks If both this option and the Storage Commit Interval (seconds) are configured, commits are made when any of them are fulfilled. |
Note!
If Storage Commit Interval (seconds) and/or Storage Commit Interval (#Processing Calls) are configured, data left in memory when the workflow stops is saved to file.
If Storage Commit Interval (seconds) and Storage Commit Interval (#Processing Calls) are not configured, none of the sessions in-memory are stored on disk. The session count displayed in the Aggregation Inspector does not include these sessions.
When the Max Cached Sessions in the Aggregation profile is exceeded, and Storage Commit Interval (seconds) and Storage Commit Interval (#Processing Calls) are not configured, the agent deletes the oldest session. This is done to allocate space for the new session while still staying within the limit.
CouchBase Storage
The Aggregation agent configuration dialog - Storage tab for CouchBase Storage
Setting | Description |
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If Error Occurs in Storage | Select the action that the agent should take when an error occurs in the storage:
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Disable Timeout | Select this check box to disable the timeout handling. |
Redis Storage
The Aggregation agent configuration dialog - Storage tab for Redis Storage
Setting | Description |
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If Error Occurs in Storage | Select the action that the agent should take when an error occurs in the storage:
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Disable Timeout | Select this check box to disable the timeout handling. |
Debug Events
Debug messages are dispatched in debug mode. During execution, the messages are displayed in the Workflow Monitor.
The agent produces the following debug event:
- Aggregation Storage implementation
This event is reported during workflow initialisation.