External Application Launch Wizard Parent Task panel

Use the External Application Launch Wizard Parent Task panel to specify the location of the external application task in the Tasks pane in IBM Director Console.

Notes:
  1. In the Tree view of the Tasks pane, external application tasks must always have a parent task. The parent task can be either another existing external application task or a standard IBM Director task, such as Asset ID, External Application Launch, or Process Management. External application tasks cannot be top-level tasks.
  2. Because all tasks in IBM Director Console are sorted alphabetically by title under their parent task, when more than one external application task share the same parent task, the external application tasks are sorted alphabetically by title.

Fields

The External Application Launch Wizard Parent Task panel contains the following fields:

Available Parent Tasks
Displays a view of the IBM Director Console task tree from which you can select a parent task for the external application task. The title and icon of the external application task will appear under the parent task in both the Tasks pane and Tasks menu of IBM Director Console. The default parent task is the External Application Launch task.
Notes:
  • There is a limitation in IBM Director 5.10 which prevents a child task from being subordinate to a parent task if the child task name is not alphabetically greater than that of the parent task. See File location and naming conventions for additional information and a suggested workaround.
The following notes apply when modifying this field for an existing CMDTask file:
  1. The task title of the external application task is shown in a disabled state and cannot be selected. This safeguard prevents the task from being specified as its own parent.
  2. If a different parent is selected, the task will appear under the new parent after IBM Director Server has been restarted or after External Application Launch > Refresh is selected in the Tasks pane of IBM Director Console.
  3. Any child tasks of the external application task are moved when a new parent task is selected.
Parent Task ID
Displays the ID of the task selected in the Available Parent Tasks field. You cannot directly modify this field; it appears for reference only.

Buttons

The External Application Launch Wizard Parent Task panel contains the following buttons:

Back
Returns to the External Application Launch Wizard Title panel.
Next
Advances to the External Application Launch Wizard Command panel.
Cancel
Opens a confirmation prompt; if the action is confirmed, the External Application Launch Wizard closes without making any changes to the CMDTask files.
Help
Opens a context-sensitive help window.