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The Mobile App for AutoSys Workload Automation

User Guide

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Contents

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Introduction 5App Overview 5Application Usage Instructions 6Application Launch Screen 6

Server Info 7Server Setup and Selection Screen 7Server Definition Screen 8Accessing a Server 9The Launchpad 9

AutoSys Jobs 10The Job Search/Select Screen 10Key 11Job Filtering Screen 11Job Detail Enquiry 12Job Operations 14Job Details 15Job Run Information 15

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Job Execution Detail 15Job Dependencies 16Job Logs 16Job Operations 17Job Search/Select - Favourites 17Job Search/Select - Most Recent Jobs 18Job Search/Select - Most Accessed Jobs 18

AutoSys Machines 19The Machine Search/Select Screen 19Machine Detail Enquiry 20AutoSys Global Variables - Maintenance 20Adding a Global Variable 21Changing/Deleting a Global Variable 21Global Variable - Change 22Global Variable - Delete 22

Further Notes 23Navigation Menu 23

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Designed by extra technology


IntroductionThank you for purchasing AutoSight, the Extra Technology Mobile App for AutoSys Workload Automation.

The app can be installed on your mobile device (iOS or Android) and configured to connect to your AutoSys instance.

App OverviewAutoSight has been designed to allow you to interact with AutoSys from your mobile device. It communicates with existing AutoSys server components – RESTful Web Services – and provides the following high-level functionality across three areas:

Jobs: View attributes and run information, monitor statuses and interact with AutoSys jobs (for example, FORCE START or CHANGE STATUS)

Machines: View attributes and status of defined machines (Agents)

Global Variables: View, create, update and delete AutoSys Global Variables

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Application Launch ScreenShow Tutorial TipsThis enables or disables pop ups in the app, that provide further instructions on app usage.

Clear CacheClear the local app cache.

Toggle ThemeExperimental feature to enable/disable app colour theme.

History SliderSet the amount of history items stored locally within the app.

(Shown here with alternative theme toggled)

Application Usage Instructions


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AutoSight App Usage Documentation

Server InfoServer Setup and Selection ScreenOn this screen, the connections to AutoSys instances can be added, changed or deleted.

To edit or delete an existing instance entry, slide the instance to the right, and choose Change or Delete.

Swipe right on Instance to make changes to instance definition/delete instance definition.

This button is used to define new instances for your system(s).

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Server Definition ScreenEnter the AutoSys instance information here.

Instance: 3 Character Identifier of the AutoSys instance

Server Name: Hostname or IP address of the back end AutoSys RESTful Server

Port: Port number of the back end AutoSys RESTful Server

Username/Password: The credentials of the EEM user name used to access AutoSys

Maximum Results per Request: number of results to retrieve

TimeOut: Amount of time before the app times out

Job Run Info Patched:

Job Change Status Patched:

Job Log WebService Installed:

Once the information has been entered here, click on Save to return to the previous screen.


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Accessing a ServerTo access the defined AutoSys instance, touch on its entry in the Select AE Instance screen, enter the EEM password for the instance in the prompt and select Login:

For the sandbox instance ET1, the password is: 01demo (for the user: demo01)

The Launchpad If login is successful, the Launchpad will load (see below):

From the Launchpad, select the required item from ‘Jobs’, ‘Machines’ or ‘Global Variables’.



The Job Search/Select ScreenIf ‘Jobs’ is selected from the Launchpad, the initial Job Search/Select screen is shown below.

(Note: The list of jobs will be made up of all the jobs to which the logged-in user has access, in that AutoSys instance).

AutoSys Jobs

Note: To refresh this display, pull down on the main list.

Job Grouping


Screen Selector

Job Name Search Box

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Job Filter

Page Controls

Job List

Job Status

Job Operations Menu

Job Favourite

Most Accessed

Job Filtering ScreenOn this screen you can select or deselect items for inclusion in the main job display. Tree levels are expanded and collapsed using the + and – buttons.

When Filtering is complete, touch on ‘Back’ in the top left of the screen to return to the main job display.

KeyJob Name SearchEnter all or part of job name search (* = wildcard)

Page ControlsNavigate through pages of jobs

Job Filter Button Access job filtering page

Job ListMain list of jobs

Job StatusCurrent status of jobs in the list

Action Menu ButtonAccess actions page to interact with Jobs

Job Favourite ButtonMark/unmark this job as a favourite

Job FiltersToggle between ALL, Favourites, View History, Action History

Screen SelectorSwitch the app between Jobs, Machines and Global Variables



Job Detail Enquiry Touch on a job name in the main list, to access the Job Detail Enquiry screen for that job. Basic job attributes are displayed:

Favourites - When you press the heart icon, it is added to favourite the heart centre goes black. When you deselect it from favourites it becomes white again.

Minus Button - Remove job from Group from Job Detail:


In addition, three buttons are displayed on this screen:

1. Plus Button: Add job to Group from Job Detail

2. Hamburger Button: Access the Job Operations Menu for the Job

3. Favourite Button: Mark this job as one of your Favourites

Press ‘Back’ (top left) to return to the main job list.

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Clicking on the ‘Folder’ Icon on the job Select/Search screen displays jobs currently grouped:

From Multi Action Group, press hamburger to right of the page number to perform same operation on the entire group.



Job OperationsFrom either the Job Detail Enquiry screen, Job Dependencies screen or the Job Search/Select screen, the Job Operations screen may be accessed using the Hamburger button ( ).

Operation menu on left shows single job selection.

Operation menu shown right shows actions performed against a group of jobs.

Pages 15- top half of 17 pertain to a specific job.

You can scroll down to see further operations. This is similar to the illustration on the right.

When there is no enquiries section in the menu, you are performing a group operation. Because you are dealing with multiple jobs, you cannot perform individual job enquiries.


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Job DetailsAccess the Job Detail Enquiry screen (see previous page).

Job Run InformationView previous executions of the selected job, with start/end times and status.

Job Execution DetailNote: Touch on one of the job executions to drill into the Execution detail:



Job DependenciesTouch on Job Dependencies to view Predecessor/Successor jobs:

Job LogsHere it is possible to retrieve log files from job executions:

The following log types are available for selection:

In addition, it is possible to set search criteria.


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Job Operations‘Sendevent’ actions may be issued against the selected job. For example, to issue a JOB_ON_HOLD event, touch ‘Job on Hold’ and then select ‘Yes’ to the prompt:

When a ‘sendevent’ command has been issued, the app returns to the previous Job Search/Select screen.

Job Search/Select – FavouritesIf any jobs have been marked as Favourites in the app, the list of these may be displayed by touching the ‘Favourite’ button at the bottom of the screen.

Jobs may be removed from the list of Favourites by touching the Minus button next to the job:



Job Search/Select - Most Recent JobsThe list of the most recently access jobs may be accessed using the ‘Clock’ button.

The number of recent jobs can be changed from 5-25 by adjusting the slider on the launch screen:


Job Search/Select - Most Accessed JobsThe most accessed jobs may be listed using the ‘Chart’ button:

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The Machine Search/Select Screen:Touching the Machines button accesses the Machines Search/Select screen:

Machines may be searched for by name in the ‘Search’ panel.

AutoSys Machines



Machine Detail EnquiryTouching on one of the entries in the Machine Search/Select Screen loads the Machine Detail screen for that machine.

Here, the attributes of the machine are displayed:

AutoSys Global Variables – MaintenanceTouch on ‘Global Variables’ to access the GVars Maintenance screen, where AutoSys Global Variables are listed:

As with previous screens, it is possible to search for Global Variables by name in the search box.


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Adding a Global VariableTo add a new Global Variable, touch the Plus button:

Enter the Global Variable Name and Value and touch ‘Save’.

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Changing/Deleting a Global VariableFrom the Global Variables Maintenance Screen, slide the Global Variable to be edited, to the right, to display the two additional actions, and choose ‘Change’ or ‘Delete’:


Global Variable - ChangeOn the subsequent Global Variables Details screen, make the required changes and choose ‘Save’ or ‘Delete’:

Global Variable - Delete


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Navigation Menu On many screens in the app, you can access the Navigation menu, via the

hamburger icon/button in the top left corner of most screens.

Or by swiping right in the centre of the screen.

Tapping once lightly to the right of the navigation menu makes it slide away again.

The Navigation menu state changes depending on whether you are logged in or not.

Logged out

Logged in

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