Overview of Banner Administration
The basic steps for implementing the Rapid Automation Banner agent are described below.
The basic steps for implementing the Rapid Automation Banner agent include:
- Creating the BANWORX Banner User for the RA agent
- Loading the Banner .jar file into your Automation Engine
- Creating Banner program and application connection objects
- Installing a Rapid Automation agent on the Banner machine
- Creating a Banner agent object and specifying agent runtime values for it
- Bringing agent objects into your Automation Engine
- Setting defaults for a template job
- Specifying job capture settings
- Automatically creating jobs
- Editing individual job settings
Creating the BANWORX Banner User for the RA Agent
Before you can install the Banner agent, you must first create a BANWORX user. For more information, see topic Creating the BANWORX Banner User for the RA Agent.
Loading the Banner .jar File into You Automation Engine
The instructions for loading the Banner .jar file are different depending on your Automation Engine:
- If you have Applications Manager v8, follow the instructions in topic Loading Rapid Automation Component .jar Files into Applications Manager v8.0.
- If you have Automation Engine v9 or v10, follow the instructions in topic Installing the RA Agent in an Existing Automation Engine v9/v10 System.
Creating Banner Program and Application Connection Objects
To link the Banner agent to Banner, you must create:
- A Banner JDBC connection object for your agents to use to connect to Banner.
- One or more Banner program database connection objects for jobs to use to connect to the Banner database.
For more information, see topic Creating Banner Program and Application Connection Objects.
Installing a Banner Agent on the Banner Machine
In addition to creating the Banner agent object, you must run an Automation Engine agent installation on the Banner machine. If you install a remote agent, you will also need to create the remote agent object. For information on defining remote agents, see your Automation Engine documentation.
Creating a Banner Agent Object and Specifying Agent Runtime Values for It
You create the Banner agent as you would create any agent in Applications Manager or Automation Engine v9/10. agent runtime values are described in topic Specifying Agent Runtime Values.
Bringing Agent Integration Objects into Applications Manager
Bring objects into Applications Manager by running an Applications Manager BANNER_OBJS.exp import. The BANNER_OBJS.exp file comes pre-installed in the import directory when you install Applications Manager.
Setting Defaults for a Template Job
If you intend to use job capture or automatically create Banner jobs in bulk, you will need to create and specify a template job. For more information on editing the Banner jobs, see Working with Jobs.
Specifying Job Capture Settings
To capture jobs, you must fill in the job capture criteria and select the jobs to capture. For more information, see topic Modifying the gjajobs Script.
Automatically Creating Jobs
Create Banner jobs on the Create Job tab by picking a template job, selecting programs, entering a syntax for new job names (if desired), and clicking Create Job. For more information, see topic Automatically Creating Jobs.
Editing Individual Job Settings
Banner jobs include a special Banner tab, where you can enter program, output and parameter information. For more information on editing Banner jobs, see chapter Working with Jobs.
