PRESENTING. TWS/WebAdmin. The Web Interface to TWS

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1 PRESENTING TWS/WebAdmin The Web Interface to TWS

2 Table of Contents Introduction Plan Management Reports Forecasts/History Alerts Job Notes Click on one of the tabs to jump directly to that subject. Or just sit back and enjoy the presentation...

3 What is TWS/WebAdmin? TWS/WebAdmin is an easy-to-use web-based interface to TWS for monitoring and maintaining Production in a distributed environment. Basic functions are: Plan management Reports and graphs Job documentation Monitoring and alerting

4 Who uses TWS/WebAdmin? Anyone who works directly with TWS, or who wants more information about batch processing, For example: Operations Production planning Application development Non-IT departments...

5 Technical Overview TWS Master TWS Agent TWS Agent PostgreSQL DB TWS/WebAdmin Apache Webserver Logon with TWS User

6 Why a Web interface? Unlike JSC, TWS/WebAdmin was designed specifically as a web application. Benefits are: Ease of use No local installation Access from anywhere No nested menus, but information at a glance design

7 The Web Interface Menu Dialog

8 Plan Management Plan Management with TWS/WebAdmin has the following advantages: Similar look and feel to gconman View TWS objects in the current plan in real time: workstations, jobstreams, jobs, Take actions: cancel, release, rerun, submit, View previous and future production days and much more..

9 Complete information on one single screen Job Details

10 Job Details Easy to use. E.g. Which successors does a job have? 1) Select job 2) Select successors

11 Job Details The successors of the selected job

12 Job Output One mouse click... Abend...to get the job output

13 Available Plan Lists TWS/WebAdmin offers a variety of entry points to manage the current plan: Domain list Workstation list Jobstream list Job list Resource list Prompt list File list

14 Plan Domain List Click here Action Buttons

15 Plan Workstation List

16 Plan Jobstream List

17 Plan Job List

18 Plan Resource List

19 Plan Prompt List

20 Plan File List

21 Plan Filters Filters can be used to select data from the plan: Various filter criteria are available: Workstation, Jobstream, Jobname, Status etc. Personal filters can be created and saved by any user Global pre-defined filters can added to the TWS/WebAdmin menu by the Administrator

22 Filter Example Select Filter Type

23 Filter Example Specify filter criteria DEMO

24 List with Filter Filtered job list

25 Submitting Ad-hoc Work TWS/WebAdmin provides for the submission of work on demand: Submit Jobstream Submit Job Submit Task Dependencies and Alias can be specified

26 Submit Jobstream

27 Submit Job

28 Submit Task

29 Reports TWS/WebAdmin offers access to a variety of details which are not readily available in TWS Job History Report Job Details Report TWS Activity Report Production Planning Report TWS Database Report Cross Reference Report

30 Job History Report - Example Select Columns Specify Selection Criteria

31 Job History Report - Output

32 Job History - Status Piechart

33 Job Details Report - Example Select Scale - Day, Week, Month, Year Select Style - Bar, Line, etc.

34 Job Details Report - Output

35 Runtime History Graph

36 Activity Report - Examples Select Scale - Day, Week, Month, Year Select Style - Bar, Line, etc.

37 Activity Report Monthly Bar Chart

38 Activity Report Weekly Bar Chart

39 Activity Report Yearly Line Graph

40 Activity Report Daily Bar Chart

41 Forecast Generates a pre-production report for a range of future dates Shows jobstreams, descriptions, and estimated run times

42 Forecast - Example Select Date Range

43 Forecast - Output All lists are now based on the forecast date. (The green title bar shows that you are not working with the actual plan.)

44 Run History - Example The History Report is similar to the Forecast, but shows historical data: 1) Select any previous production day from a list 2) Set Symphony

45 Run History - Output All lists are now based on the selected Symphony date. (The green title bar again shows that you are not working with the actual plan.)

46 Production Planning Report - Selection Select Date Range

47 Production Planning Report - Output

48 Database Report Creates reports for TWS object definitions Workstations, Domains, Jobstreams, Jobs, Calendars, Resources, Prompts, Parameters and Users Columns can be selected and filter criteria applied

49 Database Report Example 1 - Jobstreams

50 Database Report Jobstream Output

51 Database Report Example 2 - Workstations

52 Database Report Workstation Output

53 SQL Reports TWS/WebAdmin extracts and stores TWS object definitions and job history data in a relational database (RDBMS) Customized reports are created with standard SQL

54 Custom Report - SQL Query If you don t know all the tables and columns: Click here

55 Custom Report - View Database Tables View the table jobs

56 Custom Report - Output

57 Custom Report - Save Query Example Save Query

58 Custom Report - Save Query Dialog Report Title and SQL Query are automatically entered

59 Custom Report Access via Menu User Defined reports User Defined Reports menu item

60 Storing Reports Storing a report saves it as an HTML file CSV File saves the report with comma delimited values. By default, MS-Excel is associated with the.csv file type and will launch automatically.

61 Store Report Example Store Report

62 Store Report Create CSV Send as CSV

63 View CSV in Excel

64 Alerts TWS/WebAdmin generates alerts based on pre-defined events: If you have no TEC or other event monitoring application You need to collect events such as job abends or perform notification

65 Alerts In the case of an event, a report is automatically generated

66 Alerts and s For example, If a job abends, send a report via

67 Database Audit Log Complete list of all changes

68 Job Notes Good job documentation is vital for running error-free production. TWS/WebAdmin provides standardized Job documentation: Documentation can be accessed directly from the joblist, with a simple mouse click Documentation is stored in one database for all users Documentation can be accessed from anywhere, without needing to know about its exact location

69 Job Notes Create an operator instruction

70 Job Notes The operator selects a job......and clicks on NOTES...

71 Job Notes...all Job NOTES are displayed: 1) Contact... 2) Recovery...

72 Job Notes 3) Comments... The operator can add a new NOTE to document his modification.

73 Summary TWS/WebAdmin offers the following benefits: Simplifies TWS administration Provides additional reporting Provides forecasting Increases production quality...

74 Miss Something? Return to the Table of Contents

75 Thank You! If you would like more information, contact SEGUS at: Sunrise Valley Dr. Reston, VA

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