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: - 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- If a different parent is selected, the task will appear under the new
parent after IBM Director Server has
been restarted or after is selected in the Tasks pane
of IBM Director Console.
- 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.