Using E-agent

Rights permitting, you use E-agent to:

Add a task

Edit task settings

Schedule a task

Manually run a task

Delete a task

Refresh the list window

Specify settings for email, task engines, and the activity log

Suspend all e-agent activity

View all configured tasks—regardless of whether a task is active or disabled, running or suspended

Access the online help

When using e-agent, you must leave e-agent running for the scheduled tasks to execute. If for some reason e-agent is shut down, the e-agent tasks do not run. E-agent does not take an e-automate user license.

ToolbarToolbar

You use the e-agent toolbar buttons (or the list window's right-click menu) to perform the following tasks:

New: You use this button to create a new e-agent task. You can have as many tasks as you choose as long as each task has a unique name.

Run: You use this button to execute a task immediately. This button ignores the schedule and runs the task.

Delete: You use this button to delete the selected task should you decide to discontinue use of the task.

Refresh: You use this button to update the tasks displayed.

Options: You use this button to access the settings for email, task engines, and the activity log.

Suspend: You use this button to suspend the database so it is not live. When the [Suspend] button is pressed tasks that are scheduled do not run. However, you are able to manually run a task when the database is suspended by highlighting the task in the list and clicking [Run].

Help: You use this button to access e-agent help.

How to View Task Settings in E-agentHow to View Task Settings in E-agent

Locate the task from the list for which you want to view settings.

Click the Edit link in the Action column of the task you want to view. E-agent displays the settings for the selected task.

Make necessary changes.

Click the [OK] button to save the new settings.