Automatically Creating RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs

Create RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs in the Create Jobs section of the Agent's Informatica page by selecting a folder, the Workflows, and a template Job, optionally adding a prefix and/or suffix for the Job names, and clicking Create Jobs.

You can automatically create RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs using the Create Jobs section. Before creating Jobs, you must have a template RA Informatica Agent Workflow Job defined. The template Job you select determines what settings will be used on all the Job's tabs other than the Informatica tab.

Note:

The Create Jobs section of the Agent's Informatica page in not available in Client 0.

To automatically create RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs:

  1. Open the RA Informatica Agent solution Agent object definition and select the Informatica tab and then the Create Jobs sub-tab.

    2. If you are using Automation Engine, you should view the RA Informatica Agent solution Agent object from the numbered client where you wish to create the Jobs.

  2. From the Connection to Repository field, select a Connection object. The Connection object you select here will be selected as the Connection object in the Workflow Jobs you create.

    3. The Connection object you select here will be selected as the Connection object in the Workflow Jobs you create. Make sure you select a Connection object that can connect to the Agent of the Job you select in the Template Job field.

  3. From the Folder Name field, select the Informatica folder where the Workflows you wish to create Jobs for exist by doing one of the following:
    • Typing the Informatica folder name.
    • Using the folder icon to select the folder from a pop-up dialog.
  4. From the Workflow Name field, select the Informatica Workflows you wish to create Jobs for exist by doing one of the following:
    • Typing in the Workflows using commas with no spaces as delimiters.
    • Using the select icon to select the Workflows from the Workflow selection dialog. On the Workflow selection dialog, you select the Workflows and move selection from Unassigned panel and Assigned panel using the arrow button.

      • You can type the first few letters of a search in the Search field, and the RA Informatica Agent will filter the results. The Search field also supports UNIX regular expressions and the Oracle % wildcard for multiple characters. For more information on the Search fields, see About Rapid Automation Agents.

      The display of the Workflow Names dialog will be different, depending on whether the Exclude Existing Jobs box on the Create Jobs sub-tab is checked.

      If the Exclude Existing Jobs box is: Informatica Workflows that already have Automation Engine Jobs created for them will:

      Checked (default)

      Not be listed under the Unassigned panel in the Workflow Names dialog.

      Unchecked

      Be listed under the Unassigned panel in the Workflow Names dialog, and there will be a read-only check in the checkbox under the Job Exists column checked as read-only. In Applications Manager, entries in the Job Exists column display true or false rather than read-only checkboxes.

      If you wish to create Jobs for Informatica Workflows with existing Jobs, you need to make sure that a different syntax is used in the New Job Name field on the Create Jobs sub-tab.

      After assigning Workflows to create Jobs for on the Workflow Names dialog, click OK to save.

  5. In the Template Job field, select a template Job.

    6. The template Job is an existing RA Informatica Agent Workflow Job that determines what settings will be used on all the Job's tabs other than the Informatica tab. For information on manually creating RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs, topic Manually Creating RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs .

  6. In the New Job Name field, optionally add a prefix and/or suffix before and/or after the {WORKFLOW} replacement value.

    7. Add a prefix and/or suffix will give the RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs you create a unique name. You may want to do this out of preference, or necessity if you are creating two or more Automation Engine Jobs for the same Informatica Workflow.

    To automatically create Automation Engine Workflow Jobs from the Create Jobs sub-tab for Workflows with existing Automation Engine Workflow Job definitions, you must do the following before creating Jobs:

    • Uncheck the Exclude Existing Jobs checkbox.
    • Include a prefix and/or suffix that has not been used in an existing Job definitions.
  7. Optionally uncheck the Exclude Existing Jobs box. The selection will affect whether Workflows with Automation Engine Jobs created for them will be included on the Workflow Names dialog when you create RA Informatica Agent Workflow Jobs from the Create Jobs sub-tab later.
    • When this box is checked (default): Workflows that already have Automation Engine Jobs created for them will be excluded from the list on the Workflow Names dialog.
    • When this box is unchecked: Workflows that already have Automation Engine Jobs created for them will be included in the list on the Workflow Names dialog.
  8. Optionally check the Skip Population of Parameters box.
    • When this box is checked: The parameter file or Job parameters will not be transferred from Informatica to the Automation Engine Job definitions. You can retrieve the parameter file or the Job parameters later from the Automation Engine Job definitions individually.
    • When this box is unchecked (default): The parameter file or Job parameters will be transferred from Informatica to the Automation Engine Job definitions.
  9. Click Create Jobs to create the Job object(s).

    10. In Automation Engine, the Jobs will be created in the <No Folder>.