An Out Condition is a condition that is added or deleted from the Conditions table, after a job completes with a completion status of OK. Depending on the settings, Out Conditions are added (+) or removed (-) to/from the Conditions table when the job ends OK.
If conditions have the same name, a postfix of a random number is added to a condition name to distinguish the conditions. This occurs when the Create unique names for conditions check box in the Options menu is selected, as described in Planning settings. When this option is unchecked and a condition with the same name is created, a single condition is linked to multiple destinations and out conditions are linked.
When you remove a condition you can do the following:
EXAMPLE: A Job X has 3 In Conditions defined on an Order Date (A, B, and C) and 2 Out Conditions (D+, A-, B-, C-)
Job X starts running only if In Conditions A, B, and C on the Order Date are in the Conditions table. After Job X Ends OK, the Out Condition D is added to the Conditions table. Other jobs that are waiting for the condition as their In Condition, can start running, and A, B, and C conditions are removed from the Conditions table.
Parent Topic |