Actions

Use this page to to add or modify a scheduled action. As many as 15 items can be placed in an action.

The Scheduled Action policy is contained in both the User Package and in the Workstation Package. The information in this topic applies to both packages; however, there are differences between the two packages. When you configure the Scheduled Action policy contained in the User Package, the policy applies to all associated users regardless of the workstation they use. When you configure the Scheduled Action policy contained in the Workstation Package, the policy applies to all users who log in to an associated workstation.

This is a plural policy, meaning it can be added many times to the policy package. It is available for each of the platform pages.

Actions
Each action added to the list includes various items of information associated with that action. This information is listed in the following columns:

Name: The name of the action item. This name was entered in the Name field on the Item Properties dialog box when the action item was added.

Working Directory: Generally, this is the path where the executable file for this action is located. However, it can be a different path if the program requires it. This information was entered in the Working Directory field of the Item Properties dialog box when this scheduled action was added.

Parameters: The parameters to pass to the action item. For more information, see the documentation associated with the executable file specified in the Working Directory field.

Priority: The importance assigned to this action in relation to the user's access to the workstation.

Terminate Time: The length of time this action can run before the system stops it. The assumption is that if it takes longer than a specified time to run, there might be a problem associated with running this action and the action should be terminated. The length of time was specified under the Terminate Item If Still Running After _ Minute(s) option in the Item Properties dialog box when you added this action.

Add
Adds an action. You can specify the properties (listed above) for the action.

Remove
Removes the action from the list, including all of the properties of the action.

Properties
Displays the properties of the action.

Disable/Enable
Depending on the current state of an action (enabled or disabled), this toggle button lets you enable or disable an action without removing the action from the list. To enable or disable an action, you must first select the action, then click the Enable/Disable button.

Run Items in Order Listed
If this option is enabled, items run in the order they display in the list.

Move Up/Move Down
Select an action item and click one of these buttons to change its position in the list.