Creating and Managing Sessions

Sessions are created and managed from the Sessions workspace.

Sessions are defined by configuring a series of Tasks which determine the sequence of processes in the Session.

Creating Sessions

Once created, a Session must be defined by adding a sequence of Tasks.

The basic steps for creating and defining a Session are given below.

Create a Session

1. Navigate to the Sessions workspace.

2. Within the Navigation Pane, select where you want to create a new Sessions.

3. Select the icon and select to add a new Session.

4. Configure the Session name and permissions as required.

5. Click Save.

Define a Session

1. Open the Session to be defined, and select New to begin adding Tasks.

2. (Optional) Select the Edit Session Settings icon to configure any subset of data that you wish the Session to be run upon.

   If required, define the Extent, and Production Mode options. You can also add and edit Session Parameters here.

        Note: See Opening and Selecting Data for more information on these options.

3. Click and select a task type from the drop down menu.

        Note: Depending on the type of Tasks selected, a dialogue box may appear and request additional details.

4. Repeat as necessary, adding all required tasks.

5. Once all tasks have been added, specify their order in the Session by dragging tasks to the correct place in the order.

6. Click Save.

Enable and Disable tasks

Renaming, Moving and Deleting Sessions

Sessions can be renamed, moved or deleted by right clicking items in the Navigation Pane, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

For more information on using the navigation page please refer to Items and Folders.