Automic Workload Automation

  • 1.  Task Properties Strangeness in 11.2.3

    Posted Jan 11, 2018 10:09 AM
    We have had some strange occurrences with the task properties for an RAFTP step in a workflow and an embedded workflow having settings that are overwriting the step or workflow's settings. These task properties settings were not set by staff. With the RAFTP, the step itself was trying to send a file from host A to host B in a specific directory, but its task properties FTP tab was sending the file to host B root. With the embedded workflow, a variable set on the workflow was being overwritten by its task properties in its parent workflow.

    Do we now have to check in additional places when a variable or setting is changed when using workflows? This has only happened twice so far, but was first noticed last week and it's very disconcerting. Attached are examples of what I'm talking about.

    Workflow variables tab
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    Task properties for above workflow in Parent workflow
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    RAFTP FTP tab
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    Task Properties for RAFTP in Parent workflow
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  • 2.  Task Properties Strangeness in 11.2.3

    Posted Jan 11, 2018 06:20 PM
    this override problem is unique to RA-FTP objects.  There has been a similar conversation about it this week here;

    https://community.automic.com/discussion/11440/file-transfer-paths-lost-in-an-alias-job-retains-original-jobs-paths#latest