Getting Started

Workload automation is a heavy-duty topic, and Automic Automation provides many enterprise-grade features to address highly complex scenarios. The depth and breadth of this area may seem challenging for new users.

This Getting Started guide covers the essential first steps so that you can quickly set up and run your first Job. The guide walks you through the most important concepts, functions and features in your system. Practical exercises let you verify that you have understood and set things up correctly.

This guide is divided in four main sections:

  • Basics Before We Start

    Fundamental concepts that you must know before starting

  • Setup

    Getting Started for administrator users

    Basic configuration and objects you need to set up in order to carry out the exercises in this Getting Started guide

  • Design

    Getting Started for developers and object designers, also interesting for operators and managers

    Setting up and running your first Job, Workflow and Notification

  • Monitor

    Getting Started for operators and managers, also interesting for developers and object designers

    Monitoring and analyzing your first Workflow and Schedule

Recommendation

Before starting, read the following topics in the product documentation to get acquainted with the system:

Education

The Broadcom Software Academy provides a wide range of free online trainings. For information about how to navigate through the Academy and on how to register for courses, see Free Online Courses.

The following course(s) are associated with this topic: