Batch Process Groups

You may also set up batch process groups and assign the processes to these groups. The groups will be presented to the user in a tree widget so that related batch process can be easily identified. For example, you might create a Reports group to hold your reporting processes.

There are a few rules and restrictions associated with these administration functions:

• A description must be added for a batch process before it can be added to a group;
• When a batch process description is added, a set of default batch parameter descriptions is added automatically. This is to ensure that the description and definition tables always correspond. These parameter descriptions can then be modified;
• A batch process can be added to multiple groups, but it cannot be added to the same group twice.

The batch grouping information is contained in a number of database tables:

• BatchGroupDesc

  The Batch Group Description table contains the descriptions of the batch process. The fields in this table include:

  • groupId - The ID of the batch group.
  • groupName - A descriptive name of the batch group.
• BatchProcGrpAssoc

  The Batch Process Group Association table contains the mapping between batch processes and batch groups. The fields in this table include:

  • groupId - The ID of the batch group.
  • processDefName - The name of the batch process.
• BatchGrpGrpAssoc

  This table is reserved for future use.