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Group - Execution

Object: Group
Object class: Executable object
type (short name): JOBG

Object-Type-Specific Features

You can activate a group manually or as an object in a workflow or in a schedule. Groups can be put in certain positions in a workflow. When the workflow reaches the position that a group has been placed in the group is automatically activated.

The jobs that are in a "noted" condition in the activities at this time are processed . This also applies to jobs which are set after the activation of a workflow (even up to the time of processing the groups). Only after the last job of the group is completed is the group itself completed. A group ends abnormally when a job in the group ends abnormally.

Activation of an Application Order

Each job containing the group in the start type is recognized as "Registered" after activation.
The state of the selected group is then checked.
If the group is inactive the job remains recognized as "Registered".
If the group is already active the number of simultaneously-running jobs in the group is checked.
If the maximum number of jobs in the group is reached the job remains recognized as "Registered".
If the maximum number of jobs in the group is not yet reached the following job is selected according to priority and FIFO and started in the group.

Stop Execution

An already-activated group can be halted and restarted at any time. If a group is halted there are no more noted jobs for the group. The stop condition is not valid for already active jobs. They are processed as normal. There is a STOP function which includes all sub-jobs. Here, all jobs of the EVNT and JOBP type are also halted.

Handling
Click the right mouse button on the task in the Activity Window	Select the command Stop or GO in the context menu.
Selection of the group in the Activity Window	Select the command Stop, or GO in the menu File.

Cancel

There are two different ways of canceling a group. The corresponding commands are available in the Activity Window's context menu or in the File menu.

Cancel:
The group switches to the status "Canceling" and waits until the active tasks end. The group ends when the corresponding tasks have finished. Scheduled tasks do not start and remain in the Activity Window.
Cancel (recursive):
The group including all its active tasks are canceled immediately. Tasks with the status "Registered" remain in the Activity Window showing this waiting condition.