There are a number of options and limitations regarding dependency.
- When the Depends Oncheckbox is selected, you must enter the external application ID or select a scheduled model ID from the dropdown list. Retry is optional.
- The external application ID is a name assigned by the user and is not validated on this screen. In assigning this name, do not begin the name with "_MM_" or include a less-than '<' or greater-than '>' symbol in the name. To let the Model Manager know that the external application has completed, a row containing the external application ID must be inserted into the mm_app_status table in the Model Manager metadata database {MM_META_DATABASE} by the external job or script. In the example below, the Model Manager metadata resides in database {MM_META_DATABASE} and the application has been called App1.
INSERT INTO {MM_META_DATABASE}.mm_app_status VALUES ('App1', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 1);INSERT INTO {MM_META_DATABASE}.mm_app_status VALUES ('App1', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 1); - The model ID must be an existing ID of the model already scheduled to run. The dropdown menu contains only the available models the current model can be dependent on.
- When the Retrycheck box is selected, you must enter the length of the delay in minutes and the maximum number of attempts.
- The delay in minutes must be less than or equal to 9999 and the max attempts must be less than or equal to 99.
- Additional limitations are made on the valid values of these fields based on whether Repeat is checked and what the Repeat interval is.