Adding Aggregate Tasks to a schedule

  1. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Click Add Schedule.
  3. Specify the name of the Aggregate Task in the Task Description field.
  4. Select Aggregate Task from the Task Type drop-down list.
  5. Fill in the remaining fields.
    See Adding tasks to the Job Scheduler.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. Click OK.
  8. In the Task Schedule list, click Parameters next to the Aggregate Task you created.
  9. Select a task under the Available Task Types column and click the right arrow button in the Add/Remove column.
    The selected tasks are displayed in the Selected Tasks column and are processed in the order they are listed in the column.

    After you have selected the tasks, you can change their processing order by clicking the up and down arrows in the Change Order column. Click the left arrow in the Add/Remove column to remove them from the selected list.

    You can configure the parameters for each task you added to the Aggregate Task.

  10. Click Configure Selected Tasks.
    For each subtask, you can select the Skip on Error check box to allow the aggregate task to continue if that subtask encounters a recoverable error, or leave it cleared to stop the aggregate task when that subtask fails.
  11. Click Save.
  12. Click Parameters next to the task you want to configure.
  13. Complete the fields for the task parameters.
    See Task types.
  14. Click Save.
    Repeat steps 9 to 13 for each task in the Aggregate Task list.
  15. Click Back to return to the Aggregate Task Parameters page, when finished.
  16. Click Save.
  17. Click OK.

The Job Scheduler task log also contains logging information for sub-tasks that are configured as part of an aggregate task. Log messages for sub-tasks indicate the name of the sub-task and its execution status. For more information on viewing Job Scheduler task logs, see Viewing Job Scheduler task logs.

Note: If a subtask that is part of your configured aggregate task fails and Skip on Error is not selected for that subtask, then the entire aggregate task stops. If Skip on Error is selected for the subtask, the system skips that subtask on recoverable errors, such as missing input data, and continues with the remaining subtasks. Unrecoverable errors always stop the aggregate task, regardless of the Skip on Error setting. You should take this into consideration when planning an implementation of an aggregate task.