Create a flow definition to be triggered manually

When you want to create a flow that can be run more than once, but there is no repeating schedule by which the flow should be run, you define the flow to be triggered manually. You can trigger it manually from the Flow Manager when it needs to be run. By default, unless you explicitly define an event to trigger a flow, a flow is designed to be triggered manually.

In the flow definition

Procedure

  1. When you have completed defining the flow, right-click in an empty space in the flow definition and select Flow Attribute. The Flow Attributes dialog box appears.
  2. Click the Triggering Events tab. Ensure that the list of triggering events is blank.
  3. Click OK.
  4. From the Action menu, select Submit to submit the flow. The flow will be submitted on hold—you will have to manually trigger it. When you are ready to trigger the flow, open the Flow Manager and expand the tree until you see the flow definition you want to trigger.

From the command line

Procedure

  1. On the command line, type the following:

    jsub flow_file_name

    where flow_file_name is the full path name of the file containing the flow definition.

  2. Press Enter.