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.

ClosedCreate 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 Add icon and select to add a new Session.

  4. Configure the Session name and permissions as required.

  5. Click Save.

ClosedDefine 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.

         Note: New tasks are always added to the session below the currently selected Task. If no task is selected, it will be added to the end of the session.

  5. (Optional) 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.

     Best Practice: Once a Session has been put together it is good to re-evaluate the included Tasks to see if any changes can be made to increase their efficiency.

Check Rules and Apply Actions Tasks set to look at a particular feature type could use Non-Spatial Filtering to process a specific subset or only necessary Classes could be included in the Open Data Task.

ClosedEnable and Disable tasks

Select the check-boxes to the left of each task to enable/disable them in the Session.

If a task has been disabled, grey diagonal stripes will appear on the task to show it will not run during the Session. Once the disabled task has been passed in a running Session a Skipped icon will appear on the task, to the right.

     Note: Disabled tasks will still appear in the Session Timing Statistics.

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.

     Note: To move or copy into the top level, select the title of the list of items as your target folder.

Adding Comments to Sessions

You can add comments to the Tasks in a Session by right-clicking on a Task and selecting Add Comment from the context menu. The comment will then appear above the selected Task.

Once added, Comments can be changed with the Edit Icon and removed with the Delete Icon . Additionally, the comments can be relocated by selecting the Move Up and Move Down arrows, or by dragging and dropping.

An image of a Session filled with tasks, including a comment on a Rule and another comment on an Action.