Business View Procedures

Create Jobs/Job Groups in the View

To create a job or job group in the View:

  1. Click the appropriate job/job group icon on the Object toolbar and drag it onto the Business Views Canvas.

  1. Double-click on the job/job group object to display its definition dialog and define its parameters.

  1. Save the definition dialog.

Add a Child Job to an Existing Group

If a defined job in the View does not already belong to a job group, it can be added to any defined job group in the View.

To add a child job to an existing group:

  1. Click the appropriate job on the Object toolbar and drag it onto the Business Views Canvas.

  1. Double-click the job object on the canvas to display its definition dialog.

  1. Choose the job group you want the job assigned to from the Parent Group list.

    Note: If defining a new job, define the remaining parameters.

  1. Save the definition dialog.

Create Dependencies in the View

To create a dependency in the View:

  1. Click the appropriate job icon on the Object toolbar and drag it onto the Business Views Canvas.

  1. Double-click on the job object to display its definition dialog and define its parameters.

  1. Save the definition dialog.

  1. Choose the appropriate dependency on the Job’s context menu.

Create or Modify a Callout

To create or modify a callout:

  1. Click an object to select it. (A blue border will appear around the object.)

  1. Click Add Callout on the Job’s context menu.

  1. Double-click the callout to display its Callout Properties dialog.

  1. Type the text you wish to appear in the callout and format it as needed.

Hide or Show All Callouts

To hide or show all callouts:

  1. Click Show/Hide Hidden Callouts icon on the Layout toolbar.

  1. The callouts will get displayed or hidden accordingly

Create or Modify a Flag

To create or modify a flag:

  1. Click an object to select it.

  1. Click Add Flag on the Job’s context menu. The Flag Properties dialog is displayed.

  1. Choose a color for the flag and type any text you wish to appear when the mouse cursor pauses over the flag.

Create or Modify a Hyperlink

To create or modify a hyperlink:

  1. Click an object to select it.

  1. Click Create Hyperlink in the object toolbar to display the Choose a View for Link dialog.

  1. Link the selected object to a View by selecting a View from the list. A link icon will be placed on the object that when clicked displays the specified View.

    You can change the linked View at anytime by selecting the object, clicking Create Hyperlink and choosing a different View from the Choose a View for Link dialog.

Change the View Properties

To change a View’s properties:

  1. Display the View Properties dialog by selecting the View Properties option from the Canvas context menu.

  1. Modify the parameters in the dialog as needed.

Delete Objects

There are two degrees of object deletion. With one type of deletion, you may wish to just delete an object from the View Canvas yet leave the object still available in the database. With the other form of deletion, an object is not only removed from the View but is permanently removed from the database.

To delete an object from the View Canvas and the database, select the object and press DELETE on your keyboard. A confirmation message displays.

Deselecting Currently Selected Objects

You can click on a empty spot of canvas to deselect all currently selected objects in the canvas. This is helpful if you want to recover or reset from previous selection mistakes during a job dependency or parent job relationship procedure.

Find Jobs

There are two different types of job searches available. All of the existing jobs that are defined in the database and just the jobs that are included in the current View, which can be difficult to find as the workflow in a View becomes more complicated and populated with objects.

  • To find a particular object within the current View, right-click on the canvas and select Index from the context menu to display the Index dialog that lists the various objects contained in the current View.

  • To find an existing job (or job group) in the database that is not in the current View, click the Import Job into Diagram icon from the object toolbar or select Import Job or Group from the Canvas context menu. Enter criteria in the various fields to find the desired job. For more information on the Job Search dialog, refer to Job Search Dialog .

Progress Bar (Job Activity)

Job Run

The progress of a task is calculated by comparing the actual running duration against the estimated duration.

Example: Completion % = Running duration / Estimated duration.

Job Group

The progress of a job group depends on the status of the job runs that have this group as their parent and the descendants of these job runs (children, grandchildren etc).

Example: If a job group has five children, and one of those sub job groups has five children, then there is a total of 10 jobs that contribute to the progress bar of the job group shown in job activity. Of those ten jobs, if eight jobs get completed and two are in progress, a completion value of 80% will be displayed in the job group.