| Flexible Scheduling | Operations, Steps, and Jobs can be scheduled to execute: immediately, on specific dates, every "n" minutes, every day, every week, or every month. Exception dates and "extra" dates that a process should or should not run are also supported. |
| Error Detection and Recovery | Errors can be detected by exit codes, run threshold periods, and/or strings found in user specified application log files. |
| Reliable Notification | On-call operators can be notified by Email (MAPI or SMTP), alphanumeric paging (TAP), digital paging, and/or the Messenger Service of start, success, and failure events. |
| Operators | Any number of operators along with their available hours can be configured for proper notification. |
| Hierarchical Organization | To support related processing and complex environments, Operations can be logically grouped into Steps and Steps into Jobs. |
| Sequencing | Operations, Steps, and Jobs can be executed in a specified order. |
| Dependencies | Dependencies can be configured to ensure that processing only occurs when necessary conditions are met (e.g. file exists) or left unsatisfied (e.g. program failed to complete). |
| Parameters | Parameters are supported so that users can properly manage information that may change such as filenames and paths. |
| ActiveX DLL | Technical users can take advantage of the ActiveX DLL to programmatically interface with SmartBatch32. For example, they can use the ActiveX DLL to schedule an object in SmartBatch32 from their application. |
| Windows Service Capability | The Executive and Notification Servers are installed under Windows as Windows Services allowing scheduling and notification to occur without the need for a user to be logged onto the system. Users may modify the configuration so that they run in manual mode. |
| GUI | SmartBatch32 supports a clean, straightforward GUI using a MDI design. |
| Application Independent | SmartBatch32 is not specific to any application. |
| DBMS Independent | SmartBatch32 is not dependent on a specific DBMS. ODBC compliant options are available under the Enterprise Edition. |
| Security | Users can be assigned administration, read, modify, and execute authorization levels. |
| Status | Status is provided to determine what activity is occurring at any point in time. |
| Logging | Activity can be logged to the SmartBatch32 Log, the Windows Event Log, or both. |
| Run Book | Users can enter information and instructions about processing for other operators to use and maintain the environment. |
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