1.2 List of JP1/AO features

JP1/AO provides a number of features in several categories. The first are automation features that define and execute the services that are responsible for work tasks automation, and the second are resource management features that manage users, Connection Destinations, web service connection destinations, and other resources. In the third category are features that link with other products, including email notification of errors, and the direct-access URL feature which lets you access a specific part of the user interface directly.

The features of JP1/AO are listed in the table below.

For a detailed description of each feature, see the location in the Refer to column in the table.

Table 1‒1: Automation features
Feature	Description	Refer to
Service template management	You can import service templates into JP1/AO. You can also delete service templates that are no longer required, and create custom service templates.	1.3 Managing service templates
Service management	You can use service templates to create services to be executed. You can also edit the created services, and delete services that are no longer required. You can also import and export a file (called a property file) that contains all of the property values for a service. This allows you to use the property values for a particular service in another service.	1.4 Managing services
Service execution	JP1/AO can automate work tasks by executing services. Each time a user submits a service for execution, he or she enters the required property values and specifies a schedule type. The required property values differ among services. When a service is executed, a corresponding task is generated and processing begins at the time determined by the schedule type.	1.5 Executing services
Task management	You can check the status and progress of tasks, and control task processing. Tasks that have finished processing can be moved from the Tasks list to the History list.	1.6 Managing tasks
Setting Service Share Properties	You can set Service Share Properties to be shared by more than one service. You can also set the shared built-in service properties defined in advance as common settings within JP1/AO.	1.7 Setting Service Share Properties
Tag settings	You can use tags to classify services, tasks, and service templates by criteria such as purpose and type.	1.8 Setting tags

Table 1‒2: Resource management features
Feature	Description	Refer to
User management	You can add, edit, and delete accounts for users who log in to JP1/AO. You can also change user passwords, and lock or unlock user accounts.	1.9 Managing users
Group management	You can create, edit, and delete service groups and user groups. By allocating service groups to user groups, you can control the level of access each user in the user group has to resources. By allocating roles to service groups, you can also control which features are available to each user.	1.10 Managing groups
Web service connection destination management	To link with a web service, you can use these functions to manage the settings for connecting to the web service. If you register these settings in advance, they can be referenced by JP1/AO services.	1.11 Managing the web service connection-destination definitions
Managing Connection Destinations	You can manage the resources on which JP1/AO performs operations as Connection Destinations. By registering the devices to which you want to permit connections as Connection Destinations in JP1/AO, you can allow access to these devices during service execution. The level of access a task has to a device depends on the service group to which the task belongs.	1.12 Managing Connection Destinations

Table 1‒3: Linkage features
Feature	Description	Refer to
Linkage with JP1/Base authentication	You can manage JP1/AO users and perform user authentication by linking with the authentication functionality of JP1/Base. The use of JP1/Base authentication eliminates the need to manage users and user groups in JP1/AO. It also allows you to use the JP1 user accounts already in use with other JP1 products.	1.14 Linking with JP1/Base authentication
Active Directory linkage	By linking with Active Directory, you can use the users and groups managed by Active Directory in JP1/AO. Note that you can only link with Active Directory if JP1/AO uses Active Directory as the LDAP directory server.	1.15 Linking with Active Directory
Linkage with JP1/IM event monitoring	If you link JP1/AO with JP1/IM, the JP1 events issued by JP1/AO can be centrally monitored from JP1/IM.	1.16 Linking with JP1/IM event monitoring
Email notification	This feature notifies users by email when JP1/AO detects that a task has failed or entered an abnormal status.	1.17 Email notification
Direct-access URL	You can display a target window immediately after login by specifying the URL of the window as a direct-access URL.	1.18 Direct-access URLs
Linking with Operational Content in JP1/IM - Navigation Platform	You can use single sign-on to display a JP1/IM - Navigation Platform window from the JP1/AO interface.	1.19 Linking with JP1/IM - NP Operational Content

To Page Top