2.7.3. Controller Definition

The Controller is a program which runs on one of the computers in your batch scheduling environment. The controller program is responsible for determining when batches defined in the database have met all criteria for being started, starting and monitoring batches that are ready to run, sending jobs to agent computers for processing, and waiting for responses back from agent computers.

There can be only one controller defined and running in the batch scheduling system at any one time.

Shown below is the Controller Definition screen.


Use this screen to manage the controller defined in the batch scheduler database. There can only be one controller defined in the database at a time.

Menu options on this screen
Below is a description of the menu options available on this screen, and what they are used for.

File
New Controller Ctrl+N
Adds a new Controller Definition to the batch scheduler database. When you select this action, a new Controller will be created and the Controller Details screen will be opened for editing.

Open
Choose this option to open the selected Controller shown on the screen for editing. If the Controller is not checked out, you will be prompted to check out the Controller. A Controller must be checked out into a draft file in order to edit the Controller.

Check In
Check In changes you have made to a Controller Draft file.

Check Out
Copies the Controller Definition from the scheduling database into a Draft File for editing. When changes are complete, you must Check In your changes to the batch scheduler database in order for your changes to take effect.

Lock
Locks a Controller Definition. This can be used to prevent other users from changing the Controller definition.

Unlock
Unlocks a Controller Definition.

Get
Makes a copy of the Controller Definition stored in the database in a draft file location you specify.

Delete Controller Del
Deletes the selected Controller(s) shown on the screen. You will be prompted to verify the delete request.

Print
Prints the current set of Controller Definitions defined in the batch scheduler database.

Close Controller Definition Esc
Closes this screen.

Edit
Copy Ctrl+C
Use this option to make a copy of the currently selected objects shown in the display.

State
Enable/Disable
Use this option to Enable or Disable a Controller definition. A Controller cannot run in the system unless it is Enabled.

View
Refresh F5
Refreshes the information displayed on the screen.

Select
This option allows you to set criteria to limit the number of objects that are shown on the display.

Show All Folders
This option will cause all folders to be shown on the screen. For organization purposes, each object can be placed into a Group Folder. When you double click on a folder, only the objects in that folder will be displayed. You may drag/drop any object from one folder to another. The UpArrow folder can be used to show the ROOT folder. The root folder shows all object which have not been placed in a group folder.

Show Deleted Records
This option will cause any records in the system that are marked as deleted to be shown on the screen (Marked with X). To re-use a previously deleted record, you must edit it, and then use the Save As menu option to create a new object. Deleted records are only physically removed from the database using the Manager/Utilities/Cleanup Deleted Records menu option.

Goto
This option allows you to access any of the other manager screens. Choose any of the screen options to open the selected screen.

Window
Allows you to rearrange or access the current open windows in the Manager.

Help
Contents F1
Select this menu option to open this help documentation set.


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