Setting up a data collection job

Before you set up a data collection job, you must perform the following tasks in the given order:
For collecting data on different platforms, the following configurations are required:
  • Configure data collection on UNIX platform
  • Configure data collection on Windows platform
  • Install Oracle Instant Client for data collection on Oracle
You can run a data collection job from the
Standards and Policies
menu.
  1. To set up a data collection job
  2. Hover over the
    Standards and Policies
    menu and click
    Technical Standards
    .
  3. In the table pane, right-click the standards which you want to run for the data collection job, and then click
    Setup Data Collection.
  4. On the
    Select Assets
    screen of the
    Create or Edit Data Collection Job
    wizard,, type the name of the data collection job in the
    Name
    field
  5. In the
    Description
    box, type a description for the evaluation job and click
    Next
    .
  6. Navigate through the
    Assets System
    folder and its subfolders and select one or more assets for which you want to set up a data collection.
  7. Click
    Add
    to add the selected assets to the data collection job and click
    Next
    .
  8. On the
    Schedule job
    screen, select any one of the following:
    • If you want to run the job after the wizard closes, select
      Run now
      .
    • If you want to run the job on a specific date and time, select
      Run on
      and specify the date and time on which you want to run the job.
    • If you want to run the job at a specified interval, select
      Recurrence
      and enter the following information:
      • To schedule recurrent runs, select one of the following options:
        Daily
        The following options are available when you select
        Daily
        :
        • Start date
          Lets you specify a date to start the recurrence period.
        • Start time
          Lets you specify a time to start the recurrence period.
        • Run every <Number of> days
          Lets you specify the number of days after which the job is run.
        • Limit run duration
          Lets you decide the duration of the job run daily.
        Weekly
        The following options are available when you select
        Weekly
        :
        • Run every
          Re-runs the job at regular weekly intervals based on the value that you specify. You must specify a day of the week on which you want the job to run. For example, if you enter
          2
          in the
          Run every <number of> weeks
          field and then select the column named
          T
          for Tuesday, then the job will recur on the first Tuesday of every second week from the date you specify the schedule.
        Monthly
        The following options are available when you select
        Monthly
        :
        • Run every <number of> months
          Re-runs the job at regular monthly intervals based on the value that you specify.
        • Every
          Lets you specify a day or a week of the month on which you want the job to run.
          For example, if you enter
          2
          in the
          Run every <number of> months
          field and then select
          Day
          in the
          Every
          drop-down list, then the job will recur on everyday of every second month from the date you specify in the schedule.
        • On Days
          Lets you select the ordinals and specify the calendar days from the drop-down lists.
          For example, if you enter
          2
          in the
          Run every <number of> months
          field, select first and third ordinals, and then select Monday, then the job will recur every two months, on the first and third Mondays.
        The
        Start Date
        and the
        Start Time
        do not signify the date and time of the first day of recurrence. The
        Start Date
        and the
        Start Time
        signify the starting point of the recurring schedule that you have initiated. Additionally, an incremental schedule overrides the main schedule in case of an overlap.
  9. On the
    Specify Notification Details
    screen, select
    Send notification
    and type the information for sending the notification and click
    Next
    .
  10. On the
    Job Summary
    screen, review all the selections that you made and click
    Finish
    .
    You can monitor the status of the job in the
    Jobs
    workspace.