Executing Objects

Objects can be executed either manually or automatically (if they are inserted in other objects such as Workflows). As a developer and object designer, after defining an object, you execute it manually to check if it behaves as expected. For this purpose, you have three options:

• Executing Immediately
• Executing Objects Once
• Executing Objects - Recurring
• Restarting Tasks

As an operator, you can also execute objects but you only have the option to execute them immediately.

When objects execute, they go through four executions stages:

• Executing Objects: The Activation Stage

• Executing Objects: The Generation Stage

• Executing Objects: The Processing Stage

• Executing Objects: The Completion Stage

During each stage various actions take place in a specific order. This graphic illustrates the sequence of the most important steps:

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When you configure an executable object, you must decide the exact moment during the generation stage in which the script will be generated. You do this on the object's Attributes page by setting the Generate Task at: Activation time or Generate Task at: Runtime. For more information, see:

• Attributes Page

• Executing Objects: Generating Task at Activation Time vs Generating Task at Runtime

Every time an object is executed, the details of the execution are written to the Executions list. There are various types of execution lists, depending on how the execution of the object has been triggered. For more information, see Execution Data.

Online Training on Object Execution

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:

• Automic Automation: The Anatomy of Task Execution

See also:

• Timing Task Execution

• Executing and Restarting Objects and Tasks

• Automation Engine Priority when Executing Objects

• Resources when Executing Objects: Agent Workload Balancing

• Superordinate Tasks (Parents)

• Logical Date and Real Date