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Flow

The Flow section lets you import jobs, add, edit, or delete objects in a job flow, save changes so you can continue working with a job flow at a later time, and commit the changes to the appropriate CA Workload Automation AE server.

This section contains the following panes:

Palette

Contains a tree of object icons that you can drag into the Graph to create or modify a job flow, as follows:

• Job—Displays the job types that you can add to the job flow. You can select the job types that you want displayed in the Palette using the Filter Job Types dialog.
  • Job template—Displays the job templates, if any are available, that you can add to the job flow.
• Logical Operator—Displays the Boolean operators that you can add to the job flow. This lets you create a job dependency based on the logical combination of job results and global variable values. The following logical operators are available: AND and OR.
• Global Variable—Displays the object that you can add to the job flow to create a value-based condition. After the global variable object is dragged into the Graph section, you can rename it, connect it to a job or logical operator, and use it as a value-based condition.

When the Palette is displayed, the Delete List is collapsed.

Delete List

Displays a list of jobs you have deleted from the Graph. If needed, you can remove jobs from the list. Jobs in the list will be deleted on the specified server when the workspace is committed. When the Delete List is displayed, the Palette is collapsed.

Overview

Displays a thumbnail view of all jobs imported into Application Editor. A boundary box is displayed in the Overview when you select objects in the Graph using the Zoom tool. You can drag the boundary box to display other magnified sections of the job flow.

Graph

Displays an editable graphical view of the jobs imported. The Graph toolbar lets you customize the view. For example, you can adjust the magnification or center the objects in the view.

Note: When a cross-instance job is displayed in the flow, its name is appended with the name of the CA Workload Automation AE server instance on which the job was created, as entered in the job dependency string, in parentheses.

SAP Filters

Displays a list of user-defined filters for the SAP drag and drop feature. When a filter name is clicked, a search is performed on the SAP server specified by the filter, and jobs that match the filter properties are displayed in the SAP Filter Results pane. You can add, edit, and delete filters as needed.

SAP Filter Results

Displays a list of jobs from the specified SAP server that match the properties of the selected filter. You can drag a job from the results list to the Graph to create a new SAP job with those properties on a CA Workload Automation AE server.

Note: To display the SAP Filters and SAP Filter Results panes, select one or more of the following SAP job types in the Customize dialog: SAP R/3, SAP Batch Input Session, SAP BW Process Chain, or SAP BW InfoPackage. Additionally, verify that Hide SAP Drag and Drop Panes is not checked in the Customize dialog.

This section contains the following field and button:

[Actions]

Lets you select one of the following actions to perform:

Load Flow

Loads the last saved job flow into the Graph.

Save Flow

Saves the contents of the Graph.

Import from Scheduler

Opens the Import Jobs dialog, which lets you import jobs into the Graph.

Commit to Scheduler

Opens the Commit Jobs dialog, which lets you commit job property and dependency changes to the server you select.

Clear

Removes all objects from the Graph.

Go

Performs the selected action.

More information:

Application Editor

Start a New Job Flow

Display the Previous Job Flow

Display the Previous Job Flow After the Session Expires

Commit Jobs Dialog

Import Jobs Dialog

Find Dialog

Graph Toolbar

Print the Job Flow Image

Revert to the Original Flow

Save the Job Flow Image