Workstation class

Workstations can be grouped into classes. A workstation class is a group of workstations with similar job scheduling characteristics. Any number of workstations can be grouped in a class, and a workstation can be in many classes. Jobs and job streams can be assigned to run on a specific workstation class and this makes the running of jobs and job streams across multiple workstations easier.

For example, you can set up the following types of workstation classes:
  • Workstation classes that group workstations according to your internal departmental structure, so that you can define a job to run on all the workstations in a department
  • Workstation classes that group workstations according to the software installed on them, so that you can define a job to run on all the workstations that have a particular application installed
  • Workstation classes that group workstations according to the role of the user, so that you can define a job to run on all the workstations belonging to, for example, managers
In this example, an individual workstation can be in one workstation class for its department, another for its user, and several for the software installed on it.

When creating a workstation class, you can define it in a folder. If no folder path is specified, then the workstation class is created in the current folder. By default, the current folder is the root (/) folder, but you can customize it to a different folder path. You can also use the composer rename command to move and rename workstation classes in batch mode that use a naming convention to a different folder using part of the workstation class name to name the folder.

Workstations can also be grouped into domains. This is done when your network is set up. The domain name is not one of the selection criteria when choosing where to run a job, so you might need to mirror your domain structure with workstation classes if you want to schedule a job to run on all workstations in a domain.

Workstation classes can be defined in a specific smart workflow folder if you want to organize them by line of business or some other custom category.

For more information about domains, see Domain

For more information about how to define workstation classes, see Workstation class definition.