Earliest Tab

Earliest start

By activating this check box, you can set an earliest starting time.

For example:

A workflow is activated on 01.03. This workflow contains a task in which "Current date +1 day at 15:00 has been specified as the earliest start time. For this task, the date 02.03, 15:00 applies as its earliest start time.

Current date + ... Day(s)

Number of days starting on the real date(= top workflow's generation time).

Examples:
0 days = on the day of the real date
2 days = two days after the real date

Allowed values: 0 - 99

Time

Earliest starting time.

If the task is ready to start but the time that is specified for the earliest start has not yet been reached, this task goes into a waiting condition. Its status is "Waiting for start time".

Note that in the Workflow Monitor, you can start the task immediately. Do so by using the context-menu command of the same name.

TimeZone

The time zone that should be used.

Table

Lists the predecessors of the task.

Name - The name of the preceding object.
Type - The object type of the preceding object (or START).
Host - The host name(s) of the predecessor(s) in case of a job or a file transfer.

Active

By selecting this check box, the task is set active in the workflow.

The task is inactive if this check box is not selected. It is not executed but is still part of the workflow. Because the task ends with the status ENDED_INACTIVE, attention should be paid to succeeding tasks if particular states are defined in their Dependencies tab.

Set Breakpoint

If this check box is active, the workflow stops at this task. To continue, the breakpoint in the Workflow Monitor must be deleted manually.