Firing Rules


Overview

Tasks

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Tivoli Change Management administration

Overview

Firing rules

Rules are fired by the following methods:
  • Time-independent

Rules execute whenever the status of a change occurs. When a time-independent rule fires, Tivoli Change Management displays a message to inform the user that the rule was fired. A history record is also created for the change to indicate when the rule is fired.

  • Time-dependent

Rules are fired by the TCM Scheduler. You must define when you want time-dependent rules to begin firing and the time interval. See Using the TCM Scheduler to fire rules.

You specify how a rule is fired from the General tab of the Rule dialog box. See Creating Rules.

The Rule Scheduler dialog box

You use the Rule Scheduler dialog box to specify when you want time-dependent rules to begin firing and how often.

To access the Rule Scheduler dialog box, do one of the following:

  • If you are using the Tivoli Change Management administrator profile, from the Configuration menu, choose Scheduler.
  • If you are using the Tivoli Service Desk Administrator profile, from the Change Management menu, choose Change Scheduler.
  • From the Help menu, choose Your System Profile and follow the instructions under Scheduler.

Tasks

Using the TCM Scheduler to fire rules

You set up the automatic execution of rules using the TCM Scheduler. Once you define the intervals for rule firing in the Rule Scheduler dialog box, an entry is added to the TCM Scheduler for the firing of all time-dependent rules.

The TCM Scheduler checks for and fires time-dependent rules at the specified interval without your further intervention. You can check on the status of time-dependent rules in the TCM Scheduler.

The intervals you define in the Rule Scheduler dialog box apply to all time-dependent rules in your system.

To define intervals for time-dependent rules to fire:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Scheduler.
    Result: The Rule Scheduler dialog box appears.
  2. Under Interval, type data in the following boxes to specify the start date and time and the interval of execution for time-dependent rules:
    Option Definition
    Days The number of days between executions.
    Hours The number of hours between executions.
    Minutes The number of minutes between executions.
    Seconds The number of seconds between executions.
    Start Date The date to begin executing time-dependent rules.
    Start Time The time to begin executing time-dependent rules.
  1. Select the Enabled box to make the Scheduler entry active.
    Note: Time-dependent rules do not fire unless the entry is enabled.
  2. Choose OK.
    Result: The Information message appears to verify the TCM Scheduler entry.
  3. Choose OK.