Job Trigger Properties
The Job Trigger Properties windows contains the settings for a Job Trigger.
Property Pages
Property pages common to all Triggers
General
Name for this trigger (optional)
Optionally, specify a descriptive name for the trigger.
Enabled
Uncheck this box to disable the trigger. If the trigger is not enabled, adTempus will ignore it (it will not cause the job to trigger).
Minimum Interval
Specify the minimum interval (in seconds) for this trigger. Once the triggers conditions are satisfied and the job is triggered, adTempus will ignore this trigger for the specified interval.
For example, suppose you are using a File Trigger to trigger the job whenever a new file is added to a folder. If you set the interval to 60 seconds, then once adTempus triggers the job, it will ignore any new files that arrive in the next 60 seconds.
Description/Notes
Enter any extended descriptive information or notes for this trigger.
Job Variables
The Job Variables page allows you to define Job Variables that will be set for this job only when it is started by this trigger.
Job Variable list features and tools
The Job Variable list shows variables defined for the current object as well as variables inherited from a higher level. Icons next to each variable in the list convey information about their inheritance:
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The variable is inherited from a higher level |
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The variable is inherited from a higher level and is locked (cannot be overridden) |
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The variable is inherited from a higher level and has been modified at this level |
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The variable is new at this level |
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The variable is inherited from a higher level and must be overridden (a value provided) at this level |
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The variable has been overridden (redefined) at a lower level. This icon only appears if you have analyzed variable usage (see below). |
When you hove the mouse pointer over the icon for an inherited variable, adTempus will show where the variable was inherited from.
Filtering the variable list
The variable list can be filtered to:
- Hide inherited variables (so you only see variables defined at this level)
- Hide variables that cannot be modified (inherited variables that are locked to prevent modification)
- Show only variables that must be overridden
Analyzing and viewing variable usage
5.0
When you click Analyze variable usage, adTempus searches for all the places where the variables are used or overridden. After this analysis is complete, new columns are added to the list to show, for each variable:
- Whether it has been overridden (redefined) at a lower level
- A count of how many times it is referenced (used)
Clicking Show variable usage opens a new window showing all the references and overrides for the variables. This is the same window shown by the Find Variable and Function References tool.
Analyze variable usage only finds references and overrides that are "below" the current level. For example, if you are viewing the variables for a job, this will find all references and overrides within the job, or within jobs that may receive variables from this jobs (jobs run by Responses or Job Triggers). If you are viewing a group, this will find all references and overrides within groups and jobs below the selected group. That is, the tool only lists places that might be affected by changes to the variables in the list.
This tool does not show other places where the variables might be used. For example if you are viewing job A and some of the variables are also used in job B, those uses will not be listed unless there is a link between job A and job B.
To find all references to a variable:
- If the variable is defined at the server level, use the Analyze variable usage tool from the variables list at the server level. This will show all uses everywhere in adTempus.
- Use the Find Variable and Function References tool to find a specific variable or all variables.
Job Trigger
Each Job Trigger has one or more target rules. Each rule specifies a job that the current job is dependent on, and the conditions that must be satisfied for that job (succeeded, failed, etc.). If you specify more than one target, you can configure the trigger to start the job when any of those rules is satisfied, or to wait until all are satisfied.
On this page you can Add, Edit, or Delete Target Rules.
Trigger Delay5.0
Use this option to have adTempus wait a specified number of seconds before the job is executed. When a delay is specified the job is queued with a status of "Waiting for delay" and the Console will show the delayed start time as the "Execution Start" time for the queued instance.