Scheduling Process flows in scheduling tool Control M

Question

Hi,
We need to schedule 3 to 4 process flows through the general scheduling tool "Control M". So how do we do this? I mean where should we login to run the OWB jobs (Process Flows) through Control M.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Harsha

Answer 1

Create a shell script that will take in the required parameters you need (i.e.connection User/pwd@SID and OWB mapping inputs if required), which call sqlplus with a procedure that will run your workflow.
My current client migrates all OWB incl Worflows created through OWB by the means of export. This is why the prefix of the workflow activity will differ from an environment from another.
Here is a procedure that will launch the OWF and wait for the workflow to be completed before it exits and return control to CONTROL-M.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE XX_OWF_Daily_Load (
ATTR01 IN VARCHAR2(10),
ATTR02 IN VARCHAR2(10),
ATTR03 IN VARCHAR2(10),
ATTR04 IN VARCHAR2(10),
ATTR05 IN VARCHAR2)
IS
v_ITEM_KEY VARCHAR2(40);
v_PREFIX VARCHAR2(4);
v_ITEM_TYPE VARCHAR2(8):= 'MY_ITEM';
v_PROCESS VARCHAR2(32):='MY_ITEM_KEY';
/*Mapping Inputs for OWB */
v_ATTRIBUTETXT01 VARCHAR2(1):='ATTR01';
v_ATTRIBUTETXT02 VARCHAR2(1):='ATTR02';
v_ATTRIBUTETXT03 VARCHAR2(1):='ATTR03';
v_ATTRIBUTETXT04 VARCHAR2(1):='ATTR04';
v_ATTRIBUTETXT05 VARCHAR2(1):='ATTR01';
v_STATUS VARCHAR2(30):='RUNNING';
BEGIN
/* Generate a unique key */
SELECT 'DAILY_PROCESS'||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YYYYMMDD:HH24MI') INTO v_ITEM_KEY FROM DUAL;
SELECT TRIM(TEXT_DEFAULT)||'_' INTO v_PREFIX
FROM WF_ACTIVITY_ATTRIBUTES_VL
WHERE
ACTIVITY_ITEM_TYPE = 'MY_ITEM'
AND ACTIVITY_NAME = 'MY_ITEM_KEY'
AND NAME = 'SYS:TLA';
/* Creating the Workflow Process */
Wf_Engine.createprocess(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
process => v_PROCESS);
/* Setting all required attributes for the Workflow Process */
Wf_Engine.SETITEMATTRTEXT(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
AName => v_PREFIX || 'LOAD_WORKAREA_POLICY',
                              AValue => v_ATTRIBUTETXT01);
Wf_Engine.SETITEMATTRTEXT(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
AName => v_PREFIX || 'LOAD_WORKAREA_TR_POLICY',
                              AValue => v_ATTRIBUTETXT02);
Wf_Engine.SETITEMATTRTEXT(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
AName => v_PREFIX || 'LOAD_USER_DIM',
                              AValue => v_LOAD_USER_DIM);
Wf_Engine.SETITEMATTRTEXT(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
AName => v_PREFIX || 'LOAD_VEHICLE_DIM',
                              AValue => v_ATTRIBUTETXT05);
Wf_Engine.setitemowner(ItemType => v_ITEM_TYPE,
ItemKey => v_ITEM_KEY,
Owner => 'OWF_MGR');
/* Starting the Workflow Process */
Wf_Engine.startprocess (itemtype => v_ITEM_TYPE,
itemkey => v_ITEM_KEY);
WHILE (v_status <> 'COMPLETED')
LOOP                              
SELECT ACTIVITY_STATUS INTO v_status
     FROM WF_ITEM_ACTIVITY_STATUSES
WHERE ITEM_TYPE='MY_ITEM' AND ITEM_KEY=v_ITEM_KEY;
SYS.DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP(600);
END LOOP;
END;
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