Tips And Tricks: UAC Beyond The Basics
Level-up your automation game with Stonebranch VP Bob Lemieux, and solution engineers Huseyin Gomleksizoglu and Karthik Mohan. In this webinar, you'll discover advanced automation techniques and workflow optimization tips for Universal Automation Center. Learn how to maximize the platform's capabilities, explore hidden features, and discover innovative methods to enhance your efficiency.
- Perfect how you set up your jobs in UAC, from starting a workflow in the middle to testing connections and folder paths.
- Integrate approvals and notifications into your workflows via apps like Teams, Slack, Jira, ServiceNow, SMS, and more.
- Transfer files to and from external servers by incorporating Universal Data Mover Gateway capabilities in your workflows.
- Incorporate webhooks into your workflows for real-time event monitoring, notification, and response.
- Use containers to execute jobs.
- Automate administrative and housekeeping tasks for Universal Controller.
- Customize your user preferences and system properties
1:34
Set Your Properties in System Preferences
Explore how to set up system preferences and control system properties within the Universal Controller, including defining performance metrics and configuring server operations.
1:07
Server Operations for Universal Controller
Learn how to manage and maintain the health of the Universal Automation Center through server operations and system properties.
0:40
Customize Your Themes in User Preferences
Exploring user-specific customization options for user themes.
2:35
Use Kubernetes Containers to Execute Jobs
Demonstrating the process of running jobs within a Kubernetes environment from a Universal Controller by showcasing a workflow with pod creation and task execution.
2:18
Start a Workflow from the Middle
Learn how to launch specific parts of a workflow for better visibility and testing purposes.
7:34
Use Webhooks to Send Failures to ServiceNow
Exploring the functionality of webhooks for event handling, system properties changes, task instances, and SLA options.
5:42
How and Why to Set Conditions for Simulations
Exploring the benefits of using a simulation option in task workflows to test and optimize task execution without impacting actual operations or agent side processes.
6:37
Setup Notifications with MS Teams and Twilio/SMS
Exploring the integration of Teams and Twilio for sending notifications, including setting up Twilio for SMS messages and using webhooks for automated messaging based on task status.
4:54
Publish Events from UDMG
UDMG (Universal Data Mover Gateway) enables B2B file transfers with customizable servers, rules, and event triggers for automated workflows and seamless integration.
7:50
New z/OS Features to Know: Edit JCL Features from UAC
Exploring the process of saving and running JCL overrides in UAC to customize job steps and ensure successful execution.
1:48
New z/OS Features to Know: How to Use JCL_SAVE_LIBRARY
Learn how to override a job, add a step, launch it, and verify the temporary change.
3:25
What is UAGSRV?
Exploring the valuable information provided by UAGSRV on mainframe configurations and the impact of correctly setting up exits and failover mechanisms.
0:32
Q&A: Can UAC read XML or XLS?
Exploring XML and XLS file integrations using Python to read, parse, and utilize data values for seamless data processing.
1:13
Q&A: Can you add a button to a Teams notification to rerun a failed task?
Enhancing Teams notifications with buttons for rerunning failed tasks and receiving email notifications for long-running tasks, optimizing task management and communication workflow.
0:53
Q&A: Is it possible to get an email notification when a task is running for a long time?
Exploring options for setting up email notifications based on the duration of long-running tasks and late finish actions in task management.
0:20
Q&A: Can we use the simulate option for a timer task, i.e., a time-based task?
Exploring the use of simulate option for timer tasks and time-based actions, variables, and conditions to enhance efficiency.
1:56
Q&A: Is there a better way to handle and/or conditions in a workflow?
A newly implemented integration can help handle complex conditions in workflows.
1:11
Q&A: Can you manually set a failed task instance to restart after a certain time?
Exploring methods to automatically restart failed task instances after a specified duration using actions, late finish marking, web service tasks, and webhooks.
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