pre-con ed: ca workload automation de: tips and tricks

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CAWorkloadAutomationDEEditionTipsandTricksSimonPearson,CATechnologies,SeniorDirector– EngineeringServicesArchitect

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Abstract

Inthissession,youwilllearnsomevaluabletipstohelpyou

moreeffectivelyleveragetheschedulingandreportingfeatures

inCAWorkloadAutomationDE.

SimonPearsonCATechnologiesSeniorEngineeringServicesArchitect

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Agenda

USEFULDESKTOPCLIENTCUSTOMIZATIONS

USINGTHEMONITORINGVIEWSEARCHFEATURE

USEFULREPORTINGTIPS

DESERVERLOGMAINTENANCE

USEFULDOCUMENTATION

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DesktopClientCustomizationsThe“Preferences”DialogallowsyoutosetdefaultpropertiesforamajorityofWorkloadObjectsinDE:

§ Events

§ Applications

§ Notifications

§ WorkloadObjects

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DesktopClientCustomizationsThe“Preferences”DialogallowsyoutosetdefaultpropertiesforamajorityofWorkloadObjectsinDE:

§ Events

§ Applications

§ Notifications

§ WorkloadObjects

§ SaveTime

§ Consistency

§ HelpStandardizationEfforts

§ Getridofobjectsyoudon’t

use

§ Createdefaultsforre-use

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SettingaDefaultPrefixforEventsAllowsyoumoreeasilydefineEventsthatadheretoyournamingstandards

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SettingDefaultNotificationPreferences

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RemovingUnusedWorkloadObjects

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ArrangingWorkloadObjects

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SettingJobDefaultsforWorkloadObjects

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SettingJobDefaultsforWorkloadObjects

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ExportingDesktopClientPreferences

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ExportingDesktopClientPreferences

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Demonstration

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UsingtheMonitoringViewSearchFunction

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MonitoringViewSearchFunction

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MonitoringViewSearchFunction§ Searchlistishyperlinkedtoeasynavigationtothatinstance!

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Demonstration

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UsefulReportingTips

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UsefulReportingTips§ Usethecannedreportsastemplatesforyourcustomreports!

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Usingcannedreportsastemplatesforyourcustomreports

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Usingcannedreportsastemplatesforyourcustomreports

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Cannedreportsastemplatesforyourcustomreports-greatfor“ReverseEngineering”

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Demonstration

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UsefulReportingTips§ Usethecannedreportsastemplatesforyourcustomreports!

§ ThereisatonofexternalinformationavailableforBIRT:– DesktopClientHelp– BIRTDocumentation

§ http://www.eclipse.org/birt/documentation/– BIRTFlashDemo:

§ http://demo.actuate.com/demos/EclipseDemo/EclipseDemo.html– BIRTGettingStarted

§ http://www.eclipse.org/birt/getting-started/– BIRTCommunity

§ http://www.eclipse.org/birt/community/

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DEServerLogMaintenance

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MaintainingDEServerLogs§ LogsDirectoryintheDEServerInstallationwillgrowovertime

§ TheDEServerLogsDirectorycontainsarchivedandcurrentcopiesof:– Encrypted(.bin)DEAuditLogs– DECLIcommandLogs– DETracelogs (Serverstartup/shutdown,processing,etc.)

§ Theselogsarenotautomaticallypurged,soyoumaywanttoperiodicallypurgeoldlogsandreclaimspace

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Demonstration

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UsefulDocumentation

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CAWorkloadAutomationDEDocOps

https://docops.ca.com/ca-wla-de/12-0/en

Checkforthelatestplatformcertifications

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DownloadtheCAWLADEBookshelfand/orcheckforupdatesoccasionally

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DownloadtheCAWLADEBookshelfand/orcheckforupdatesoccasionally

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CAWorkloadAutomationAgents11.3.05.00DocOps – new!

https://docops.ca.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=331097540

Checkforthelatestplatformcertifications

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Agreatguideforinformationonthe11.3.4Agentsincludedwiththe11.3.4incremental2download

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ForMoreInformation

• docops.ca.com/wlade• communities.ca.com• support.ca.com• ca.com/wla/de• validate.ca.com

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Questions?

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