Job Action#

The task Job Action is a Task that allows calling system actions over Automation Jobs.

Details#

Fields	Details
Scope	Factory Automation Enterprise Integration Data Platform
Workflow	Data flow Control flow
`IsProtocol` flag

Inputs#

Name	Data Type	Description
jobId	`string`	id of the job
Activate	`Any`	Activates the task execution

Outputs#

Name	Data Type	Description
Success	`Boolean`	If there was no problem emits a true
Error	`Error`	Error that occurred during the processing of this task

Settings#

On the General Tab, there are the following settings:

Name	Data Type	Values	Default	Description
Action	`enum`	`Stop Job` `Set Error`	`Stop Job`	action to execute on the Job
Error Code	`string`			error code.
Error Message	`string`			Controller to handle the operation

And the following retries settings:

Setting	Data Type	Default	Description
Number of Retries	`integer`	30	The maximum number of attempts the IoT process (client) makes to call the MES backend if the connection or execution fails.
Sleep Time between retries (ms)	`integer`	1000	Number of milliseconds to wait between retries. It only applies when the previous call fails
Number of System Retries	`integer`	10	The maximum number of attempts the MES backend makes to call the target service if the execution fails.

Multiplicative Retry Effect

Retry limits are cumulative. In the event of a persistent target service failure, the total number of requests generated will be the product of the Client Retries (N) and the Backend Retries (M). For example, if both are set to 10, a single IoT request could result in up to 100 total attempts (N x M), which may lead to system congestion or high latency.

Behavior#

If the Job Id is not provided, the id of actual job running the task will be used. Depending on the selected action, more inputs may be available/required. Default values for these should be definable through the task settings.