What are the Task Manager and Task Scheduler?

Created and configured in the Task Manager, a Task queries Events, Hosts, or Scanner Events in an Event-Management Database to perform an operation. Table 33 describes each type of Task in the Task Manager. 

In the Task Scheduler, you can create Scheduled Tasks. A Scheduled Task defines a schedule for TLC to run:

A Copy Task, Delete Task, Archive Task, or Report Task (see Table 33),

A Saved Query that generates an Audit Logger Report (see Working with Audit Logger Queries), or

An Audit Logger Archive Task (see Archiving Log Messages).

In addition, you can create and schedule a Scheduled Task for a Script Task. A Script Task runs a script to perform an administrative task, such as running a backup routine.

To create and run Scheduled Tasks, the Schedule Engine must be added as a module in the properties of the Manager that will run the Scheduled Tasks (see Working with Managers).

For more information, see:

Working with the Task Manager

Working with the Task Scheduler

Table 33. Types of Tasks in the Task Manager

Type

Description

Layout-Panel

Creates a Layout Panel that may be added to a Manager Layout or Database Layout (see What are the Dashboard, Manager Layouts, and Database Layouts?).

Administrative

Performs an administrative operation on specified data in an Event-Management Database.

An Archive Task moves the data from one database to another.

A Copy Task copies the data from one database to another.

A Delete Task removes the data from the database.

Search

Performs a query of data in an Event-Management Database.

A List Task presents the query results in a table.

A Graph Task presents the query results in the form of a graph or chart.

A Report Task compiles and formats the query results in a PDF Report (see What is the Report Center?).