2.3.2 JP1/AJS3 functions useful for work task automation
This section describes the JP1/AJS3 functionality that you can use to automate work tasks.
The following table lists tasks that you might want to perform with JP1/AJS3 and the functionality to use in each case.
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No. |
Task you want to perform in JP1/AJS3 |
Relevant JP1/AJS3 function |
Relevant section |
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1 |
Prepare processing that changes dynamically depending on the results of the preceding job. |
Judgment job |
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2 |
Receive JP1 events from a host of your choice. |
JP1 event reception monitoring job |
2.4.4 Executing an event-driven process (example of defining a jobnet that uses an event job) |
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3 |
Detect when a file is created, deleted, or updated. |
File monitoring job |
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4 |
Monitor specific data output to user log files or syslog. |
Log file monitoring job, or a combination of the JP1/Base log file trap function and a JP1 event reception monitoring job |
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5 |
Monitor messages output to the Windows event log. |
Monitoring Event Log job, or a combination of the JP1/Base event log trap function and a Receive JP1 Event job |
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6 |
Execute jobs with a regular time interval between them, or execute jobnets at a regular interval. |
Interval Control job |
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7 |
Execute a jobnet at regular intervals. |
Interval Control job with a start condition |
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8 |
Use the information of the preceding event job to execute subsequent processing (job or jobnet). |
Inheriting of event job reception information |
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9 |
Execute processing (of a job or jobnet) by using a received file with an unspecified filename transferred into a specified folder. |
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10 |
Send JP1 events to a host of your choice. |
Send JP1 Event job |
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11 |
Execute a recovery job or jobnet when an error occurs during job execution. |
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12 |
Control the execution order of different root jobnets. |
Jobnet connector |
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13 |
Control the execution order of units in different jobnets. |
Wait condition |
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14 |
Extract necessary information from the standard output file of a preceding job to execute subsequent processing (a job or jobnet). |
Passing information setting job |
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15 |
Automatically retry a job and continue the task if an executable file defined for the job ends abnormally. |
Automatic retry on abnormal end |
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16 |
Put subsequent executions of a jobnet on hold when the jobnet ends abnormally |
Set a hold attribute for jobnets
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12.3.8 Define Details - [Jobnet] dialog box (for a root jobnet) in the JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Operator's Guide |
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17 |
Change the definition of a jobnet during operation. |
Jobnet release |
7.3 Switching a jobnet definition while the jobnet is registered for execution in the JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Administration Guide |
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18 |
Group together several root jobnets with different schedules so that their tasks can be performed as a single jobnet. |
Planning group |
10.1 Using a planning group to change the plans for root jobnets in the manual JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Overview |
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19 |
Execute processing (job or jobnet) in response to mail sent from a particular person or mail with a particular subject line. |
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2. Linking Mail Systems in the JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Linkage Guide |
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20 |
Receive email notification when a job or jobnet has completed, or when there is an error in the system. |
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21 |
Monitor the operating status of JP1/AJS3 and job execution statuses by using HP NNM. |
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A. Monitoring Jobnets Using HP NNM in the JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Linkage Guide |
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22 |
Automate a work task whose parameters change with each execution, without having to change the jobnet definition. |
Macro variable and passing information |
3.1.3 Applications that use macro variables in the manual JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Overview |