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Discovery Modules/Jobs – Properties Tab

Enables you to view and administer the properties of modules and jobs.

To access Select Universal Discovery > Discovery Modules/Jobs tab > Discovery Modules pane > a module/job > Properties tab.
Important Information

Depending which level you select in the Discovery Modules pane, different information is displayed in the Properties tab.

If you select:

  • The Discovery Modules root, all active jobs are displayed with scheduling information. Click any of the columns to sort the list by that column. Right-click a job to edit its scheduling. For details, see Discovery Scheduler Dialog Box.

  • A Discovery module, the Description and Module Jobs panes are displayed.

    To edit a description, make changes in the Description pane and click OK.

    See also Module Jobs Pane.

  • A job, the Parameters, Trigger Queries, Global Configuration Files, and Discovery Scheduler panes are displayed. For details, see below.

Relevant tasks
See also

Module Jobs Pane

Enables you to view the active jobs for the selected module.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description
Add Discovery Job to Module. Opens the Choose Discovery Jobs dialog box where you can select jobs from more than one zip file. (Hold the SHIFT or CTRL keys to select several jobs.)
Remove Selected Discovery Job from Module. Select the job and click the button. (No message is displayed. To restore the job, click the Cancel button.)
Show discovered CITs as a map. You can choose to view a map of the CIs and links that are discovered by the adapter, instead of a list. Click the button to open the Discovered CITs Map window. The selected adapter is shown together with its CIs and relationships. Hold the cursor over a CIT to read a description in a tooltip.
<Column heading>

  • Click a column heading to change the order of the CITs from ascending to descending order, or vice versa.

  • Click a column heading and drag the column to a different location in the table columns.

  • Right-click a column heading to customize the table. Choose from the following options:

    • Hide Column. Select to hide a specific column.

    • Show All Columns. Displayed when a column is hidden.

    • Select Columns. Select to display or hide columns and to change the order of the columns in the table. Opens the Columns dialog box.

    • Auto-resize Column. Select to change a column width to fit the contents. For details, see Select Columns Dialog Box.
<List of jobs>

All jobs included in the module. (Displayed when a specific module is selected in the Discovery Modules pane.)

Right-click a row to open the Discovery Scheduler for the selected job. For details, see Discovery Scheduler Dialog Box.

Invoke Immediately

  • A check mark signifies that the Discovery job runs as soon as the triggered CI reaches the Probe. In this case, the Invoke on new triggered CIs immediately check box is selected in the Properties tab.

  • If this column does not contain a check mark, the job runs according to the schedule defined in the Schedule Manager.

Job Name

The name of the job and the package in which the job is included.

(Displayed when a job is selected in the Discovery Modules pane.)

Schedule Information The scheduling information of the job as defined in the Discovery Scheduler.
Trigger Queries The name of the query that activated the job.

Parameters Pane

Enables you to override adapter behavior.

To view a description, hold the pointer over the parameter.

To access Select a job in the Discovery Modules pane in the Universal Discovery window.
Important Information You can override a default adapter parameter for a specific job, without affecting the default value.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description
Name The name given to the adapter.
Override

Select to override the parameter value in the adapter.

When this check box is selected, you can override the default value. For example, to change the protocolType parameter, select the Override check box and change MicrosoftSQLServer to the new value. Click OK in the Properties tab to save the change:

For details on editing parameters in the Adapter Parameters pane, see Adapter Definition Tab.
Value The value defined in the adapter.

Trigger Queries Pane

Enables you to define one or more queries to be used as triggers to activate the selected job.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description

Add Query. Opens the Choose Discovery Query dialog box, enabling you to add one or more non-default TQL queries to be used as triggers to activate the selected job.

The Choose Discovery Query dialog box lists available queries for the job. Select a query to displayed it in the Query Preview pane. Hold the cursor over an TQL element to view details.

Remove Query. Removes the selected query.

Note  

  • No message is displayed. To restore the query, click the Cancel button.
  • If a query is removed for an active job, Discovery no longer receives new CIs coming from that query. Existing Trigger CIs that originally came from the query are not removed.

Opens the Trigger Query Editor. For details, see Trigger Query Editor Window.

Available: In the job's Properties tab only.

Opens the Modeling Studio.

Available: In the job's Properties tab only.
Probe Limit The Probes/clusters used for the query. Click the button to open the Edit Probe Limitation for Query Output dialog box where can select the Probes/clusters on which the trigger query should run.
Query Name The name of the Trigger query that activates the job.

Global Configuration Files Pane

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description

Edit. Opens the selected configuration file in an appropriate editor.

For example, the file msServerTypes.xml opens the Script Editor.

Discovery Scheduler Pane

Enables you to view information about the schedule set up for the selected job.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description

Click to add times to the Allow Discovery to run at list. The Time Templates dialog box opens.

To add a time template to the list, in the Time Templates dialog box, click the Add button to open the Edit Time Template dialog box.

For details, see Time Templates Dialog Box.
Allow Discovery to run at Choose a template that includes the days and times when the job should run.
Edit scheduler Click to open the Discovery Scheduler. For details, see Discovery Scheduler Dialog Box.
Invoke on new triggered CIs immediately

Enables the job to run as soon as the Trigger CI reaches the Probe.

When this option is not selected, the job runs according to the schedule defined in the Schedule Manager.

Note If this option is not selected and a job is running, new triggered CIs are not run by the job.

Although new triggered CIs are not run, they are counted into the status bar. This means the status bar does not reach 100% completed, even though the job successfully completed, and the user has to wait until the next run of the job for the status bar to reach 100% completed.

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