9.7 Configuring Jobs

Designer has a job scheduling utility to schedule events. Through this utility, the system can be set to disable an account on a specific day, or to initiate a workflow to request an extension for a person’s access to a corporate resource. Designer’s job scheduler contains the same functionality as the job scheduler found in iManager. For information on creating jobs, see Section 18.1, Creating a Job.

In the Outline view, right-click the Job icon, then select Properties.

9.7.1 General

You have one selection under the General heading: Policy Name. You can change the job’s name by modifying the name that appears in the Policy Name entry. Then click OK.

9.7.2 Trace

Through the Modeler, you can add a trace level to your jobs. With the trace level set, DSTRACE displays the Identity Manager events as the engine processes the events. The trace level only affects the driver it is set on.

Use the trace level for testing or for troubleshooting issues with the designated job. If you run DSTRACE while the drivers are in production, the Identity Manager server might process events slowly.

DSTRACE displays the output of the specified trace level.

The following table describes each trace field:

Table 9-15 Job Trace Settings

Field

Description

Trace level

As the job trace level increases, the amount of information displayed in DSTRACE increases.

Trace level 1 shows errors, but not the cause of the errors. To see password synchronization information, set the trace level to 5.

Trace file

Specify a filename and location where the Identity Manager information is written for the selected driver. When a value is set in this field, all Java information for the job is written to file.

As long as the file is specified, Java information is written to this file. If you do not need to debug Java, leave this field blank.

Trace file size limit

Allows you to set a limit for the Java trace file. If you set the file size to Unlimited, the file grows in size until no disk space is available.

NOTE:The trace file is created in multiple files. Identity Manager automatically divides the maximum file size by ten and creates ten separate files. The combined size of these files equals the maximum trace file size.

Trace name

Helps you track job trace messages. The name that you specify here appears with the job trace messages.

For more information on DSTRACE, see Section 9.6.8, Driver Trace Levels.