- On the Designer File menu, point to New,
and then click Scheduled Task or, on the Designer toolbar,
click
.
- In the Task window, on the General page, in the Name field,
type a unique name for the task.
- To select a computer on which to run the task, perform the following
actions:
- Click Select Hostname.
- From the Select Hostname window, in the Hostname list,
select the name of an available machine to run the task.
Note: This computer must be running the Rational ProjectConsole agent
software. It can be either the Rational ProjectConsole server
or an agent.
- Click OK.
Note: The host machine you specify for the collection task
overrides the host specified for the domain source template, if they are set
to different machines.
- Click the Parameters tab.
The
Parameters table is already populated with the parameters from the source
template.
- If a parameter such as username or password in
the Parameters table requires a value, then next to the parameter name, click
the Value column, and type a value.
- To add a task parameter, click Add, and
then specify a name and value for the parameter in the Task Parameter window.
Note: After
you add a parameter, you can change its value on the Parameters page in the
Scheduled Task window, but you cannot change its name.
Repeat this
step for each parameter that you want to add.
For information about
defining parameters for a collection task, see Defining collection parameters.
- (Optional) In the Startup Commands field,
type the commands (Windows batch commands), if any, to execute at startup,
before data collection starts.
For more information about
specifying startup and shutdown commands in a collections task, see Defining startup
and shutdown commands.
- (Optional) In the Shutdown Commands field,
type the commands, if any, to execute after the collection task runs.
At this point, you have provided enough information to run this task
manually.
- To set up a schedule for the task so that the Designer runs it
automatically, perform the steps in Scheduling a task to run automatically.
- Save the scheduled collection task by performing one of the following
actions:
- On the Designer toolbar, click
.
- On the Designer File menu, click Save.