The Workflow Designer lets you add and connect nodes with drag and drop tools.
- Click Actions and then select Create new workflow to create a workflow from a blank template. Select Create Workflow from template to select a predefined workflow you can edit. Select Create Full System Seeding Workflow to create a copy of a system. The Workflow Designer work area appears with a blank workflow containing the Start, Task, and End node sequence.
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Complete the Workflow Properties fields in the panel.
- Enter the Workflow Name
- Enter a description of the workflow.
- [Optional] Click to set up an email alert for unexpected issues.
- [Optional] Click to set up the workflow schedule. Enter when to start and repeat the workflow.
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Click the Task node to edit.
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Select the Task Type.
Choose from the following options:
- Script Execution
- Table Validation
- Data Mover
- Unity
- Hadoop
- Complete the properties fields.
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Select the Task Type.
Choose from the following options:
- [Optional] Drag additional Task nodes onto the workflow as needed. You must complete the properties for each node you want to add.
- [Optional] Add an error transition to a Task node. You can add an action to occur if a node fails. Drag a second task to connect to a node. In the following example, the error transition is shown with a dashed line. An email sends if scriptExecution1 fails.
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[Optional] Click Threshold Rules.
- Click next to a Threshold Rules.
- Click to select a violation.
- Enter the length of the threshold in seconds if applicable.
- Click to select the type of response.
- [Optional] Select the box next to Execute action to send an email when the threshold is reached.
- Click Save.
- Make sure you have Start and End nodes.
- Click Save. After you save, you can control the workflow in the Workflow Designer summary table view.