My Catalog

My Catalog is the operators' personal, interactive dashboard. If you are an operator, you can find the description and instructions to work with your catalog in this topic. If you are an administrator, please refer to Adding to User Catalog for information and instructions on how to configure it.

This topic provides information on the following:

• Purpose of My Catalog
• Description of My Catalog
• Filtering the Contents of the Activities Pane
• Executing a Task
• Opening the Object in Read-Only Mode
• Adding to/Removing Objects from the Favorites Tab
• Opening the List of Executions of a Task
• Opening the Last Report
• Opening the Task Monitor

Purpose of My Catalog

My Catalog gives you direct access to the folders and objects that you are entitled to work with. Depending on your authorizations, you can

• Switch to the object definition in read-only mode. This allows you to see the object details, including the estimated runtime (if available).
• Execute objects.
• Open the monitor to follow the execution progress and, if necessary, react immediately.
• Modify the task properties at runtime, provided you have the necessary rights.
• Open the last report created for the task.
• Access the execution data of an object.

Description of My Catalog

My Catalog has the following elements:

Element	Description
Navigation pane	It contains two tabs: Catalog It contains all the folders and objects you are authorized to work with. You can add to the Favorites tab the objects you most often work with. Favorites Your system administrator has granted you access to objects from within My Catalog. The objects you can see depend on the User Groups in which you have been included. It can be the case that you do not have to work with all objects you have access to on a daily basis. The Favorites tab gives you the possibility to collect those you use most and thus access them easily and quickly. The objects available in these tabs provide the following information:
Content pane	The contents of the Catalog or of your Favorites are displayed in two panes: Activities This pane displays active runs of the objects that you have started. Each activity in the list includes the following details: Ended activities are only listed if they have not yet been deactivated. Deactivating ended activities removes them from the list. Depending on the object's configuration settings, this happens either automatically or you can do it manually via theProcess Monitoring perspective. History By default, the history of the last 50 days is displayed. The content of the list is limited to a maximum of 100 entries. This pane provides the following details on the runs:
Toolbar	It allows you to navigate through full screened objects and refresh the view.

Filtering the Contents of the Activities Pane

Use the SHOW dropdown list to restrict the objects displayed on the pane to those that match the selected status:

Executing a Task

This option is available for executable objects. If the object configuration requires you to enter values before executing it, the Request dialog opens up. Enter the necessary data and click Submit.

You execute them either from the navigation pane, both from the Favorites and from the Catalog tab, or from the Activities pane.

To Execute an Object or a Task

1. On the Catalog or Favorites tab on the navigation pane hover your mouse over the task to display the Execute button and click it.

2. The object or task is started.

   A dialog box opens at the top of the window indicating it. If available, it also provides a link to the task monitor. This allows you not only to check the progress of the execution but also to further process it, provided you have the necessary rights.

For details see Working with Requests.

Opening the Object in Read-Only Mode

To better understand why the objects behave as they do, you can open the object definition in read-only mode and check its settings. This is particularly useful if a task fails and the information on the Executions list is not enough to understand what went wrong.

You do this from the navigation pane on the left hand side of the window, either from the Favorites or from the Catalog tab.

To View the Object Details

1. Select the object either on the Favorites or on the Catalog tab.
2. On the Favorites or on the Catalog tab in the navigation pane right-click the object and select Open.

3. The object opens in read-only mode.

   Click below for details on the object definition pages:

   • General Page
   • Documentation Page

Adding to/Removing Objects from the Favorites Tab

Your system administrator has granted you access to objects from within the My Catalog. The objects you can see depend on the user groups in which you have been included.

If you do not have to work with all objects you have access to on a daily basis, you can add those you are interested in to the Favorites tab.

To Add Objects or Folder to the Favorites Tab

1. Select the object on the Catalog tab.
2. Right-click to open the context-menu.
3. Select Add to Favorites.
4. The object or folder is inserted to the Favorites tab.

Of course, you can also remove objects from your Favorites tab. Right-click an object and select Remove from Favorites.

Opening the List of Executions of a Task

The Executions list provides historical details on a particular activity and allows you to further process it, provided you have the necessary rights.

To Open the List of Executions

1. Do one of the following:

   • On the Catalog or Favorites tab on the navigation pane right-click the object and select Executions.
   • Right-click an item on the Activities pane and select Executions.

2. The corresponding Executions list is displayed.

   Each row is an execution of the selected task. By default, the last one is displayed at the top

3. If you want to further process an activity (cancel, suspend, restart, etc.), right-click on it to open a context menu with all the available functions.

   Which functions are displayed depends on your rights and on the status of the selected activity.

For details see Execution Data as well as Available Functions Depending on the Task Status.

Opening the Last Report

Combined with the information provided by the Executions list, the reports provide comprehensive information on the actions carried out on an object. They are created for all executable objects.

To Access the Reports of an Executable Object

1. On the Catalog or Favorites tab on the navigation pane right-click the object and select Open Last Report.
2. The Report window is displayed. For details on how to work with it see Working with the Reports Window.

For details see:

• Reports Overview
  • Working with the Reports Window
  • Reports for Executable Objects
  • Live Preview of Job Reports (REP)
  • External (Directory) Reports

Opening the Task Monitor

The Process Monitoring perspective provides all the tools you need to monitor, to further process (cancel, suspend, restart, etc) or to modify tasks at runtime if you see that something is going wrong.

Whether you can process the task or modify it in the Monitor depends on the status of the task and on your rights.

To Open the Task Monitor

1. On the Activities pane right-click the workflow or schedule object and select Open Monitor.
2. The monitor window for the selected object is displayed.

For details see:

• Monitoring Workflows
• Monitoring Schedules
• Monitoring Jobs
• Monitoring Job Groups
• Monitoring Events
• Monitoring Agent Groups
• Monitoring Sync Objects