Prerequisites
Prerequisites are submission criteria that must be met for a folder, sub-folder or job to run. When all job prerequisites and scheduling criteria are met, jobs are submitted for execution.
The following table describes the submission criteria as follows:
Criteria |
Description |
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User Confirmation |
Determines whether user confirmation is required before a job is submitted for execution. Jobs with user confirmation status, require manual confirmation for job execution. |
Wait for Events |
Defines one or more event |
Resources |
Enables you to control the load of jobs in your workflow
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Defines a job flow, preventing multiple jobs from running at the same time. If multiple jobs require access to a database and run concurrently, the database can crash or overwrite entries. Lock Resources controls the flow by sharing resources or locking resources exclusively, avoiding concurrent execution of jobs. Lock resources enables you to add a lock Type to a job, as follows: Name: Defines the name of the lock resource using the values as follows:
Type: Determines the type of lock as follows:
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Resource Pools |
Determines the quantity of resources you can allocate from the resource pool for each job to run. Resource Pools are defined at job level only as follows: Name: Defines the name of a resource pool. Quantity: Determines the quantity of resources that the job requires, which cannot be more than the Total. |
Adjust Events |
Determines how to handle the Wait for Events, if the predecessor job in a workflow is not scheduled to run, as described in Prerequisites. |