By the end of this chapter you will be able to:

• Set up Tasks and Task Plans
• Schedule Task Plans

Task Plans allow you to set up collections of components to run at the same time – and to schedule when analysis will run on these models. In this exercise you will set up a simple Task Plan to run your model, and schedule it.

Creating Tasks and Task Plans

• In the left-hand menu bar press - Show the list of Task Plans
• Press 
• In the Task Plan details form that pops up:
• Enter the Name: Run Customer Details Model
• Tick the flag Enabled
• Press  - Apply
• In the Tasks section of the form, press 
• From the drop-down menu choose Analysis Task
• In the Analysis Task Details form that pops up:
  • Enter the Name: Run Customer Summary by Region
  • Press Apply
  • Go to the tab Streams/Alarm Generators
• Open the model Introduction to Modelling
  • Find the Stream Customer Summary by Region
• If this has hidden the task configuration form, bring it back up – remember to use the task bar at the bottom of the PhixFlow application to find it
• Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, select the Stream Customer Summary by Region on the model and drag it into the task
• Press 
• In the main Task Plan details form go to the Send Results By Email tab
• Enter the following:
  • Email from: system@PhixFlow.com
    • Subject Expression: "Result of Run Customer Details Model at " + now()
    • Message Expression:

"Result of Run Customer Details Model at " + now() + ": Messages: " + _messages + "; Warnings: " + _warnings + "; Errors: " + _errors

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    • Go to the User Recipients tab
    • Drag the user Train (the user you are currently logged in as) into the list of recipients
• In the main Task Plan details form press 
• Right-click on your Task Plan and select Start
• You will receive another email from the export of the customer summary, and an email with the status of the task plan run

Scheduling Task Plans

• Double-click your new Task Plan to open the details form
• In the Details tab:
  • Tick the flag Scheduled
• Go to the Schedule tab that appears
• Enter the values:
  • Seconds: 0
  • Minutes: (2 or 3 minutes from now)
  • Hours: (the current hour)
  • Day of Month: *
  • Month: *
  • Day of Week: ?
  • Year: *
• Press 
• Wait for your Task Plan to start under its schedule