Resources

A Resource object is a model that represents elements of your system architecture. Use them to synchronize independent processes that rely on common infrastructure elements and to quantify and control access to the specific IT entities. Include multiple resources that represent related entities in a single Resource object.

Use Resource objects to:

Balance the processing load across all processes running on a touchpoint.
Synchronize the execution of processes that cannot execute in parallel.
Implement environment level locks that simultaneously enable or disable multiple resources.
Strategically manage processes and systems with common security rights.

You group resources because they are related to each other in some way. Examples include shared databases, transmission links, simultaneous access to a limited number of software licenses, concurrent processes on a touchpoint, numeric quotas, and other resources. After measuring performance, you can allocate system resources to processes required by mission critical tasks. You can limit the number of simultaneous FTP connections used by CA Process Automation. You can use resources to start a successor process only after an antecedent process has released a resource. Resources can also be used to represent and control access to a particular IT environment entity such as a log file that receives updates from multiple processes.

This section contains the following topics:

How Resources Work

Create a Resource Object

Edit a Resource Object

Monitor and Edit Resources

Add a Manage Resources Operator to a Process

Define Resource Actions

Check for and Respond to Unavailable Resources