Create Batch Time-Triggered Transaction

Create Batch is a time-triggered transaction that creates batches for a given wave.

Attributes

The following are the attributes for this time-triggered transaction:

Table 1. Create Batches Attributes
Attribute Value
Transaction Name Create Batches
Transaction ID BATCH_WAVE.4001
Base Document Type Outbound Picking
Base Process Type Outbound Picking
Abstract Transaction No
APIs Called None
User Exits Called None

Criteria Parameters

The following are the criteria parameters for this transaction:

Table 2. Create Batches Criteria Parameters
Parameter Description
Action Required. Triggers the transaction. If left blank, it defaults to Get, the only valid value.
Number of Records To Buffer Optional. Number of records to retrieve and process at one time. If left blank or specified as 0 (zero), it defaults to 5000.
Next Task Queue Interval Optional. Specifies in hours how long a failed task should be suspended before it is considered for reprocessing. Defaults to 5 hours.
Node Required. The warehouse management ship node for which records are being processed.
AgentCriteriaGroup Optional. Used to classify nodes. This value can be accepted by WMS time-triggered transactions that only perform their tasks on the nodes with a matching node transactional velocity value.

Valid values are: LOW, HIGH, and any additional values defined by the Hub from Sterling Application Platform > System Administration > Agent Criteria Groups.

ColonyID Required in a multischema deployment where a table may exist in multiple schemas. Runs the agent for the colony.

Statistics Tracked

The following statistics are tracked for this transaction:

Table 3. Create Batches Statistics
Statistic Name Description
NumberOfBatchesCreated Number of batches created.
NumberOfTasksBatched Number of tasks batched.

Pending Job Count

For this transaction the pending job count is the number of records available to be processed by the transaction with the AVAILABLE_DATE value less than or equal to (<=) the current date value in the YFS_Task_Q table.

Events Raised

ON_SUCCESS.

Table 4. Events Raised by the Create Batch Transaction
Transaction/Event Key Data Data Published Template Support?
ON_SUCCESS wave_dbd.txt WMS_BATCH_WAVE.ON_SUCCESS.xml Yes