FORECAST_TASK

Use the FORECAST_TASK script function to create a forecast for an active task. FORECAST_TASK performs the same function as the task forecast that you can open in the context menu in the Process Monitoring perspective. The forecast shows the expected runtime of a particular running task.

More information:

• Forecasts
• Working with Forecasts

Note: The script function causes all open transactions of the script to be written to the AE database. For more information, see Script Processing.

Tip: FORECAST_TASK only creates forecasts for active tasks. Use FORECAST_OBJECT to create forecasts for other objects.

Syntax

FORECAST_TASK (RUN#, Title [,Registrations] [,Group_ERT] [,Days])

Parameters

• FORECAST_TASK
  Creates a forecast for an active task

• RUN#
  RunID of the activated object

• Title
  Name of the forecast

• Registrations
  (Optional) Determines whether registrations for groups are considered
  Allowed values: Y or N (default)

• Group_ERT
  (When Registrations is set to N) Expected runtime for groups
  Allowed values:

  • 0
    The ERT of the group is used (default)
  • 1 - 7199
    Fixed value in seconds

• Days
  Maximum number of future days to use for the calculation
  Format: number without quotation marks, script literal, or script variable
  Default: 1

Return Codes

• 0
  The forecast was created successfully
• 20463
  Object RunID or name was not found

Examples

The following line creates a forecast for a file transfer.

:SET &RUNNR# = GET_UC_OBJECT_NR ("C70.WINDOWS")
:SET &RET# = FORECAST_TASK(&RUNNR#,"ETA_FT_C70.WINDOWS")

The following example creates a forecast for a Job that runs in a group. Instead of using the ERT of the group, the function applies a fixed value of 60 seconds.

:SET &RUNNR# = GET_UC_OBJECT_NR ("T91.SALDO.03")
:SET &RET# = FORECAST_TASK(&RUNNR#,"ETA_T91.SALDO.03","N",60)

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