Is it possible to have graphical representation to submit and restart the jobs and is it possible to display job progress and job status information to the user.
At present there is no graphical front end for JSR-352 support in Liberty. There is a REST interface that you can use instead of the JobOperator API that could be used underneath a graphical interface. Documentation on that is here: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS7K4U_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.wlp.nd.multiplatform.doc/ae/rwlp_batch_rest_api.html?cp=SSAW57_8.5.5 and see also the whitepaper here: https://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102632.
Furthermore, you can also subscribe to batch events published at significant points in the life of a job to monitor progress. That is described here: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS7K4U_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.wlp.nd.multiplatform.doc/ae/twlp_batch_monitoring.html?cp=SSAW57_8.5.5 and see also the whitepaper here: https://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102603.
Finally, there is an open requirement (developerworks/rfe) asking for Admin Center support to help manage batch jobs. You may want to vote for that requirement. The requirement number is 87445.
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I am wanting to create automated reports using the data I have collected with Cumulocity. I would like to automate the creation of the reports so that they aggregate accumulated timeseries, alarm & event data into a single report that could be automatically sent to relevant parties by e-mail on a fixed time interval (weekly, for example).
I understand how to do this with the APIs that Cumulocity provides, but I am interested in experiences of more specific implementations (I imagine I am not the first person thinking about this). Should the data that I want to aggregate be retrieved with CEL (Cumulocity Event Language) and then the report created in the desired format (pdf) with my own script? Is it possible to host this kind of script in Cumulocity or do I have to host it myself?
There is a quite new feature related to the reporting in cockpit (excel/csv export). This can now also be scheduled and send via mail. Maybe this is already something that helps you.
Scheduled export configuration
How do I integrate with a Lotus Notes Domino server? I know there are several versions and the answer would be different for each one, but advice on any version would be great at the moment as I haven't gotten the info on what server it is I'm supposed to integrate with yet. Assume version 6+.
I'm assuming I need to do the integration with the server and not the local Lotus Notes client, but that might not be correct?
I need to both read and write to the calendar appointments of a select number of users.
For instance I should be able to create/update/delete a appointment for a certain user.
The appointments are the only thing I need access to, at the moment I have no need for the mails.
From what I have read on the internet there are no standard interface to do this?
Should I develop a Domino app that does what I want?
Maybe there is a server API that I can use to connect and retrive information?
Hopefully this can be done in c#? If not what is the preferred way? I read something about java and that is doable also.
If you don't have any concrete answers but you have useful links, please post those as comments.
I have used Java and the C++ APIs to read a Domino calendar. Depending on the scenario, a server side solution can run into trouble if you want to do more than read -- the workflow sometimes needs the Notes client. Need to understand more about what you intend to do.
API documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/downloads/toolkits.html
I'd use Java.
Here's Domino Designer help section on Java:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/topic/com.ibm.designer.domino.main.doc/H_9_CODING_GUIDELINES_JAVA.html?resultof=%22%6a%61%76%61%22%20
First read Running a Java program section.
Then you'll be interested in Accessing databases link.
Here's example of how to access user's mail db (calendar items are inside mail db in Lotus):
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/topic/com.ibm.designer.domino.main.doc/H_EXAMPLES_OPENMAIL_METHOD_JAVA.html
GooCalSync (openntf and LotusNotes-Google Calendar Synchronizer (sourceforce) are great examples of how to do this in Java.
The best way to do this without the pain of having to write code is to use ICal. You will enter all sorts of issues with access, reading appointments etc that are best left to Domino to handle.
There are some good documents on the web on ICal support in Domino.
I've done this before for a CRM product (clearc2.com). iCal is easy, but if you want to do more than insert items and actually do a bi-directional sync to the calendars (which are mail databases on a domino server), then I would look at the appendix of the Lotus Notes C API first. There is a section that explains the C&S piece fairly well. You do not need to use the C API to do the work, but it will explain what the many c&s items (fields) are for.
Click here for documentation.
My advice is to keep it simple, e.g. do not try to tackle repeating items (appts/tasks) on the first attempt. And try not to re-use any custom product objects you find in the mail template. These are undocumented Notes classes and can go away anytime. Furthermore, they may not work the same from each point release or even incremental release. The mail template code can be evil.
I'm not sure how to categorize this question, so let me just explain what I would like and hopefully it will make sense.
I'm after a product (with an API) which I can send different numbers to with tags, and it will take care of all the monitoring/logging stuff.
So for example, say I have a program that downloads a file from a website every 10 seconds. I would like to monitor how long each of these downloads is taking. It is quite easy in my application to time how long it takes. I would now like to send this number and tag (e.g., tag='download time', value = '1.234') to a 3rd party product. The 3rd party product will now store this value/tag for me. The product will have a website I can go to, and configure a bunch of things. So in this example, I could setup an alert like "if 'download time' > 5 send me an email". I could also visit a website, and view a graph of the logged values and maybe some random statistics (e.g., how often the value has been in the warning/error zone).
I think that's about it. Sure it wouldn't be too hard to do this myself, but I'm no web designer and it'd end up looking pretty ugly. The more user friendly this kind of product is the more willing users will be to look at the data and actually monitor stuff.
Does such a service exist?
EDIT: Products similar to this: http://dashboard.kpilibrary.com/. This is pretty much exactly what I was after, but am still searching around.
There are many monitoring tools out there. Nagios or RHQ (http://rhq-project.org/) come to mind. Most of the tools work a little different: rather than throwing stuff at them, they have plugins that actively go out and do something to do the measuring. In your example, the plugin would download the file and then report the measurement data to the central server, which can then show you graphs or run alerts on it.
On Windows, you can use this:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771692%28WS.10%29.aspx
(Windows Performance Monitor)
It pretty much does what you are looking for:
Passively collects performance data (E.g. CPU Usage)
Can be fed App specific performance metrics (E.g. download time)
Can alert you on various thresholds
Has a reporting interface for analyzing metrics
EDIT : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749249.aspx , more documentation on this.
This answer is specific to Windows.
If you are looking to analyze events from various systems and you also what the opportunity to create your own events you should consider ETW.
The ETW system allows you to consume data events from any number of sub-systems. You can look at an exhaustive list of built in providers by running the following command:
logman query providers
The beauty of ETW is that you also have the opportunity to create your own providers and push your own data into the resulting report. This is a high-performance logging mechanism and is used by Windows itself for many performance investigations.
The resulting report will be an ETL file. This is a standard file that can be viewed using xPerf, ships with Windows SDK, or the build-in ETL analyzer, tracerpt.exe.
I see all these job posts for TIBCO developer but from tibco.com I couldn't really dig what a developer does codewise on this platform because that is geared more towards endusers. Is it a JAVA based platform?
I'll assume that you are talking about TIBCO Business Works as this is where the majority of the development is done.
TIBCO Business Works is a Java based platform, however normally very little development is done in Java. At it's heart TIBCO Business Works is a XSLT processing engine with lots (and I mean lots) of connectivity components (called Starters and Activities in the TIBCO world).
Development is done graphically by linking the Starter to Activities and eventually to a End Activity, very much like a traditional process diagram. You can see what I mean in the top right of this screen shot:
Each of these diagrams is called a Process Definition and the closest equivalent in Java is a method, however they are more closely related to C functions as there is no concept of a Class for Process Definitions.
Looking closely, you'll notice that the StorePO Publish To Adapter Activity is selected. In the bottom right you can see the input to this activity is "mapped" from other process data (which can be either the output from the Start, or the output from other activities). This mapping is actually XSLT, just represented visually. So much so, that copying the root node of the mapping ("body" in this case) into a text document pastes as XSLT (you can even edit it there and copy it back if you are so inclined; good for when you need to do a search and replace).
Looking back at the Process Definition, there is a CheckInventory Call Process Activity. This is how you invoke another Process Definition from the one you are working on. In fact, this Process Definition has a plain Start Activity, which indicates that it it invoked from another Process Definition.
Starter processes are Process Definitions that have a Process Starter instead of a Start Activity. The Process Starter triggers the invocation of the Process Definition based on some event. For instance, a JMS Queue Receiver Process Starter, will trigger when it receives a specific JMS message. There are many such Process Starters, including SOAP, HTTP, SMTP and even plain old TCP.
Likewise the are many Activities, including the ones above and JDBC and FTP.
Without actually having access to TIBCO Designer, the best way to beef up your skills for a TIBCO role is to focus on XPath and XSLT as that's mostly what you'll be working with.
TIBCO AMX Business works is a Java platform use for integration and automation purposes. It uses a plug in based architecture which means that you can extend the functionality. The product has changed from their 5.x version to 6.4.x version now to include micro services capabilities, containerization, cloud enablement, etc.
It uses a model driven development approach to reduce coding parts, that is why is so powerful.
You can find more information on the documentation official siteDocumentation TIBCO AMX BW
If you know spanish and want to learn about the 5.x version I have a set of video tutorials at TIBCO AMX BW Tutorials
I want to be able to interrupt a running workflow instance, say when a new activity is about to be invoked, and extract information both about the structure of the workflow and the data in the particular instance. Then I will consult with an external system and according to its response I will possibly alter the behaviour of the workflow. The options I would like to have are addition/removal of activities and altering parameters for the activities to be invoked.
I am currently struggling with the engine it's best to go with. I have looked at WWF, Apache ODE, Oracle Workflow and Active BPEL and as far as I understand they can all provide me with the options I need. I would really appreciate any recommendations on which one will be the easiest to work with for my purpose and any restrictions either of the above might have that would prevent me from reaching my goal.
Thanks
I am sorry not to directly answer your question, but you may be interested in a state machine framework called Stateless created by Nicholas Blumhardt (AutoFac). I have used this instead of Windows Workflow where I needed to quickly configure my steps for a work flow. I have one configuration file that I alter and can introduce new steps into the workflow quite easily. See my SO answer here for more details.
Essentially you define a state as State<T> and this allows you to persist your state in a database easily.