Object Design - Create or Add

The Business View editor allows you to create a new object or add an existing object.

Existing objects (Uprocs, Resources, Sessions and Template Tasks) can be selected from the corresponding list located in the bottom of the document (if an object is not stored locally, it is not visible in the list).

• Click on the tab to display the list.
• Select the object(s) from the list using the cursor and the Shift or Ctrl keys.
• Hold the left-hand mouse button pressed down, drag the selected object(s) into the View editor and release the mouse button.
• Then select the objects one by one or use the Align buttons to arrange them in a more readable way.

You can also create a new object.

Uproc

• Create Uproc

  Opens the standard Uproc creation document (refer to section: Uproc Details). Once you have saved and closed the Uproc, it is inserted in the current Business View.

The Uproc is represented by an icon, its name: DB_START in the example above, and its label ("Start Database").

If you zoom out, the comment may not be displayed. To display the comment, move the cursor over the Uproc.

The icon represents the type of Uproc:

A Uproc included in a Session potentially displays the Management Unit code or the HDP (usually the MU is inherited from the Task). The example above shows an HDP: {F  }.

The flag means that the Uproc in question contains conditions which are not visible.

The flag means that the object was modified and needs to be saved (if not, it is grayed out).

If you zoom out, these flags may be hidden.

Resource

• Create Resource

  Opens the standard resource creation document (refer to section: "Resource Details"). Once you have saved and closed the resource, it is inserted in the current Business View.

The resource is represented by its reference and an icon. The icon represents the type of resource:

Conditions

• Create Condition

  You can graphically create dependency, non simultaneity or resource conditions without updating the Uproc. To create new conditions follow the steps below:

  • Click Create Condition to activate the function; the pointer changes to a cross "+".

  • Click and hold on the condition (a Uproc or a resource) and drag the cursor to the conditioned Uproc to create a link between the two. Then release the mouse button.

  • Click Create Condition again to turn the condition creation mode off.

    To modify the condition itself, click on the arrow to select it and right click on Condition properties in the menu to open the condition detail.

    To modify the launch formula of the conditioned Uproc, select the conditioned Uproc and right click on Update in the menu to open the Uproc launch formula. This is useful for changing an “AND” condition to an “OR” condition, for example.

Conditions are always traced between Uprocs displayed in the view. If the same Uproc is included several times, the condition will be displayed the same number of times.

Two conditions linked by a logical AND: shown by default as a solid line:

Two conditions linked by a logical OR: shown by default as a broken line:

The color of the line provides more information about the condition. By default:

• A green line indicates a dependency condition on a Completed status.
• A red line indicates a dependency condition on an Aborted status.
• A grey line indicates a dependency condition on an Ended status (Completed or Aborted status)
• A purple line indicates a fatal condition.
• A blue line represents all other types of conditions: non-simultaneity, resource, absent status, etc.

The lines showing conditions are thinner than the lines showing the session links.

Session

• Create Session

  Opens the standard session creation document (refer to section: Session Details). In the dialog box enter:

  • Name

    Session name

  • Version

    If the actual Area is Production, the version number is 000 and the field is inaccessible. For the other Areas, the version number can be enter (default value = 001).

  • Label

    Description of the Session

  Click on OK to insert the new Session into the current Business View.

  To save the Session, it must contain at least one Uproc. If it contains several Uprocs they must be connected by execution paths (normal or error) from a single Uproc header.

• To graphically update this Session in order to add or delete Uprocs:

  • To add a Uproc, select it from the Add Uproc list and move it into the Session by drag and drop. It will automatically be added as a child of the header Uproc on the normal path.
  • To remove a Uproc from the Session, select it from the Session, press SHIFT and drag it out of the Session.
  • To remove a Uproc from the Busines View, select it from the BV and press DEL. If the deleted Uproc has children, they will be disconnected and must be reconnected to a new parent Uproc.

• To create links between two Uprocs in the Session:

  • Click:

    • Create OK Session Link to activate the function and create a normal execution path.
    • Create NOK Session Link to activate the function and create an error execution path.
    • Create RC Session Link to activate the function and create a "Return Code" execution path.

    The pointer will take the form of a cross (+).

  • Click on the parent Uproc and hold the mouse button down. Drag the cursor to the Uproc child to create a link between the two. Then release the mouse button.

  • Click once again Create OK Session Link, Create NOK Session Link or Create RC Session Link to deactivate the link creation.

• Create a New Session from Uproc(s)

  Select one or more Uprocs in the view then choose the Create Session from Uproc(s) action to group them together within a session. Refer to the paragraph above entitled “Create Session.”

• Create Session Link …

  You can graphically create links between Uprocs in the Session without updating the session. To create a new link between two Uprocs, follow the steps below:

  • Click Create Session Link … to activate the function. The pointer changes to a cross "+".
  • Click the parent Uproc and drag the cursor to the child Uproc to create a link between the two. Then release the mouse button.
  • Click Create Session Link… again to turn the link creation mode off.

• To modify the child Uproc properties (execution context / return code), use the buttons Assign MU / Update Return Code described below.

A Session is shown as a frame containing a header and one or more Uprocs. The header contains the name of the Session, its label (depending on the zoom) and its version.

The Uprocs in the Session are displayed inside the frame. To display or to hide the relationships between Uprocs in the Session; refer to the Visibility section > "Session Hierarchy".

• A green line indicates the normal path of the session (Completed status of the parent Uproc)
• A red line indicates the error path of the session (Aborted status of the parent Uproc)
• A grey line indicates the "Return code" path of the session (Uproc launched if the return code expression of the parent Uproc matches)

The lines showing the session links are bigger than the lines showing conditions.

A Session can be expanded / collapsed. When a Session is collapsed / expanded, the editor tries to smartly rearrange the boxes around.

To intervene directly on the Session, select the Session and choose the type of action from the pop-up menu.

Click to change the color of the frame.

Task

Create Task

Opens the standard Task creation document (refer to section: "Task Details"). Once you have saved and closed the Task, it is inserted in the current Business View.

However, this is a template Task, which will only become executable as a Job Chain when the Business View is deployed / distributed. If the user has entered a MU in the template name, then the deployment / distribution destination will automatically be set with this MU.

You can also schedule a Uproc or a Session to create a Task. Refer to the Scheduleaction.

Viewing

A Task is shown within a frame containing a header and one or more Uprocs. The header contains two fields:

• The name
• The scheduling rules, unless the Task is provoked in which case "Provoked" will be displayed

A Task can be expanded / collapsed. When a Session is collapsed / expanded, the editor will optimize the presentation of the boxes.

To intervene directly on the Task, select the Task and choose the type of action from the pop-up menu.

Click to change the color of the frame.