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Manage Resources Operator

The Manage Resources operator executes actions on CA Process Automation resources. These actions include taking resource units, freeing resource units, and locking and unlocking resources.

The Manage Resources operator provides a way to validate and wait for particular resources and to affect the state of such resources. The operator can make processing of any branch of a process contingent on resource availability. Within an environment, resource operators can be used to regulate and coordinate the processing of multiple processes. The operators assure that individual processes have exclusive access to external resources.

The Manage Resources operator has three possible exit links:

• Successful when actions are executed successfully before any specified timeout.
• Failed when resources do not exist or in the event of some other error condition.
• Timeout when the specified time-out expires before the required resources become valid.

Resources are typically taken from a resource quota before processing other operators and then replaced when the operators are completed:

Conditions on a resource must be evaluated periodically for possible changes. Be careful to avoid specifying a refresh interval that is too short. Use a Check Date-Time operator to add a delay before executing the Manage Resources operator if the required resources are not available before:

• A specified interval of time has passed.

  Or

• Before a specific date or time.