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Automation Tasks

Note:

This functionality is only available if you have sufficient privileges. Your privileges are maintained by your system administrator in the IT Management Console .

To create, enable, or disable automation tasks, open the IT Management Console and navigate to Angle​ exports >​​​Automation tasks​​.

Here you can schedule automated datastores or program/script files to run at a designated time/event. The datastores or program/script files are defined as a series of actions which in turn are linked to a task.

Your user privileges determine which functionality is available to you:

  • You have the manage_system privilege:

    • Create, edit, execute, and delete all automation tasks.
    • Add, edit, execute, and delete actions.
    • Change the approval state of any task or action.
    • Change the Run as user of any task or action.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

  • You have the schedule_angles privilege and you own the task:

    • Create, edit, delete, and execute tasks that you own.
    • Add, edit, delete, and execute all actions in that task.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

  • You have the schedule_angles privilege but you do not own the task:

    • Create, edit, execute, and delete your own actions in any automation task.
    • Execute actions in which you are the Run as user.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

Automation Tasks Overview

The Automation tasks overview gives information on all current automation tasks. Click any column header to sort the contents alphabetically.

  • Name - task name
  • Run as user - shows the user that is assigned to the task. You can only perform actions on tasks that are assigned to you.

    Note: If a user with the manage_system privilege creates a task or action, the Run as user field is empty by default.

  • Enabled - indicates whether the task is active or not
  • Type - schedule, external or event
  • Actions - the number of actions defined for the task
  • Day - what day should the task run, if the task is a scheduled task
  • Start time - scheduled starting time, if the task is a scheduled task
  • Maximum run time - maximum time a task is allowed to complete (00:00 means no limit), if the task is a scheduled task
  • Status - not started; planned; finished; failed
  • Action - edit; copy; execute now; copy command; abort; delete

Tasks History

The Tasks history overview shows the results of executed tasks.
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Automation Tasks

Note:

This functionality is only available if you have sufficient privileges. Your privileges are maintained by your system administrator in the IT Management Console .

To create, enable, or disable automation tasks, open the IT Management Console and navigate to Angle​ exports >​​​Automation tasks​​.

Here you can schedule automated datastores or program/script files to run at a designated time/event. The datastores or program/script files are defined as a series of actions which in turn are linked to a task.

Your user privileges determine which functionality is available to you:

  • You have the manage_system privilege:

    • Create, edit, execute, and delete all automation tasks.
    • Add, edit, execute, and delete actions.
    • Change the approval state of any task or action.
    • Change the Run as user of any task or action.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

  • You have the schedule_angles privilege and you own the task:

    • Create, edit, delete, and execute tasks that you own.
    • Add, edit, delete, and execute all actions in that task.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

  • You have the schedule_angles privilege but you do not own the task:

    • Create, edit, execute, and delete your own actions in any automation task.
    • Execute actions in which you are the Run as user.
    • Schedule Angles from the Web Client.

Automation Tasks Overview

The Automation tasks overview gives information on all current automation tasks. Click any column header to sort the contents alphabetically.

  • Name - task name
  • Run as user - shows the user that is assigned to the task. You can only perform actions on tasks that are assigned to you.

    Note: If a user with the manage_system privilege creates a task or action, the Run as user field is empty by default.

  • Enabled - indicates whether the task is active or not
  • Type - schedule, external or event
  • Actions - the number of actions defined for the task
  • Day - what day should the task run, if the task is a scheduled task
  • Start time - scheduled starting time, if the task is a scheduled task
  • Maximum run time - maximum time a task is allowed to complete (00:00 means no limit), if the task is a scheduled task
  • Status - not started; planned; finished; failed
  • Action - edit; copy; execute now; copy command; abort; delete

Tasks History

The Tasks history overview shows the results of executed tasks.
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