Tasks in PhixFlow perform various jobs, including running analysis, archiving, and clearing old managed file and performance log records. Tasks are bundled into Task Plans, which can be requested by users, scheduled, or triggered by actions.

Task Plans

A Task Plan is a collection of Tasks.

Tasks configured in a Task Plan can be:

• Analysis Tasks
• Archive Tasks
• System Tasks

Tasks are configured to run in a certain order in a Task Plans, and can be set up to run on a scheduled date at a scheduled time.

Form: Task Plan Details

If the Scheduled option is ticked, the following details will become available to edit:

Each of these elements can be specified with an explicit value (e.g 6), a range (e.g 9-12), a repeating group (e.g. 5/10 - equivalent to 5,15,25,35,...), or a list of single values, ranges, etc. e.g. 1,3-5,10,20/5.

Each of these elements other than Seconds can be set to a wild card ('*'), meaning all values.

Form Icons

The form provides the standard form icons

List: Tasks

Columns

The Task list shows a summary of each Task set up in the Task Plan.

List Icons

The Task list provides some of the standard list icons. The Task list also provides the icon:

Form: Send Result By Email

On this tab you can set up an automated email to be sent with the results of a Task Plan run.

List: Email Recipients

Columns

The Recipients list shows a summary of each Recipient set up to receive the email. Selecting a recipient with a double click will bring up the details for that recipient in a User Notification Rule form.

List Icons

The Recipient list provides some of the standard list icons. The Recipient list also provides the icons:

See Also

• Forms

A task with 3 streams will process all streams at the same time. Whereas having 3 tasks means that it will wait for the previous task to complete, before starting the next. With mandatory ticket, it shouldn't start the next task at all, if the previous task failed.

The Analysis Engine is initiated whenever the generation of a Stream Set or Alarm is requested. Users can do this by configuring Analysis Tasks in a Task Plan. Task Plans can be configured to run on a scheduled date at a scheduled time.

Form: Analysis Task Details

The following fields are configured on the Details tab:

The following fields are configured through separate tabs on the form:

Form Icons

The form provides the standard form icons.

The form also provides the following icons on the Stream/Alarm Generators tab:

	Shows the list of Alarm Generators to select from.
	Shows the list of Streams to select from.
	Deletes the selected object from the list.

Forms: Archive Task

An Archive Task can be created to archive data no longer needed in PhixFlow for processing. When a Stream is archived, PhixFlow creates an Archive Log with useful details of the data archived. Optionally, the archived data can be saved to a file. If this is done, the data can reloaded into PhixFlow using Restore Archive.

Archive Tasks can be created in Task Plans.

Form: Archive Task Details

The following fields are configured on the Details tab:

The following fields are configured through separate tabs on the form:

Form Icons

The form provides the standard form icons.

The form also provides the following icons on the Streams tab:

	Shows the list of Streams to select from.
	Deletes the selected object from the list.

System Tasks

A System Task performs system-wide housekeeping activities. These are:

• Deleting and (optionally) archiving Log Messages
• Deleting Managed File entries.

The archiving periods, and whether to archive log messages before they are deleted, are controlled by the following parameters in System Configuration:

• Delete Log Messages After Days
• Archive Deleted Log Messages To File
• Delete Statistics After Days

The following fields are configured on the Details tab:

Form Icons

The form provides the standard form icons.

See Also

• Forms