HCL Workload Automation, Version 9.4

Running the composer program

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To configure your environment to use composer, set the PATH and TWS_TISDIR variables by running one of the following scripts:

In UNIX:

. ./TWS_inst/TWS/tws_env.sh for Bourne and Korn shells
. ./TWS_isnt/TWS/tws_env.csh for C shells

In Windows:

TWS_inst\TWS\tws_env.cmd

Then use the following syntax to run commands from the composer user interface:

composer [-file filename][connection_parameters] ["command[&[command]][...]"]

where:

-file filename

Indicates an alternate custom properties file containing the settings for the connection parameters, used in place of the useropts and localopts files.

connection_parameters

If you are using composer from the master domain manager, the connection parameters were configured at installation and do not need to be supplied, unless you do not want to use the default values.

If you are using composer from the command line client on another workstation, the connection parameters might be supplied by one or more of these methods:

Stored in the localopts file
Stored in the useropts file
Supplied to the command in a parameter file
Supplied to the command as part of the command string

For an overview of these options see Setting up options for using the user interfaces. For full details of the configuration parameters see the topic on configuring the command-line client access in the HCL Workload Automation: Administration Guide.

Note: If you are using composer from the command line client on another workstation, for the following subset of scheduling objects:

jobs
job streams
run cycle groups
workload applications
access control lists
security domains
security roles

the composer command line connects to the server by using an HTTPS connection. In this case, the command line client assembles the full set of connection parameters in the following order:

Parameters specified in the command string itself
Parameters specified in the custom properties file
Parameters specified in the useropts file
Parameters specified in the localopts file
Parameters specified in the jobmanager.ini file

Valid values include:

[-username <user_name>]

An HCL Workload Automation user with sufficient privileges to perform the operation.

[-password <password>]

The password of the HCL Workload Automation user.

[-host <hostname>]

The name of the host that you want to access by using wappman command line.

[-port <port_number>]

The TCP/IP port number used to connect to the specified host.

[-protocol {http | https}]

The protocol used to connect to the specified host.

[-file <custom_properties_file>]

The custom properties file where you can specify connection parameters that override the values specified in the useropts, localopts and jobmanager.ini files. Connection parameters specified in the custom properties file must have the following syntax:

HOST=<hostname>
PORT=<port>
PROTOCOL=<http/https>
USERNAME=<username>
PASSWORD=<password>

If host, port, and protocol parameters are specified in a file, all of them must be specified in the same file.

The composer command-line program is installed automatically when installing the master domain manager. It must be installed separately on top of an HCL Workload Automation agent workstation or stand-alone on a node outside the HCL Workload Automation network. The feature that installs the composer command-line program is named Command Line Client. For information about how to install the Command Line Client feature, refer to HCL Workload Automation: Planning and Installation Guide.

You can use the composer command line both in batch and in interactive mode.

When running composer in interactive mode, you first launch the composer command-line program and then, from the composer command line prompt, you run commands one at a time, for example:

    composer –username  admin2  –password  admin2pwd
       add myjobs.txt 
       create myjobs.txt from jobs=@

When running composer in batch mode, you launch the composer command-line program specifying as input parameter the command to be issued. When the command is processed, the composer command-line program exits, for example,

    composer –f “c:\TWS\network\mylocalopts” add myjobs.txt

Note: If you use the batch mode to issue more than one command from within the composer, make sure you manage the semi-colon (;) character in one of the following ways:

Using double quotation marks, for example:
```
composer "delete dom=old_domain; noask"
```
Using a space character, for example:
```
composer delete dom=old_domain noask
```
Escaping the ; character, for example:
```
composer delete dom=old_domain \; noask
```

Other examples on how to use the command, assuming connection parameters are set in the local configuration scripts, are the following:

Runs print and version commands, and quits:
```
composer "p parms&v"
```
Runs print and version commands, and then prompts for a command:
```
composer "p parms&v&"
```
Reads commands from cmdfile:
```
composer < cmdfile
```
Pipes commands from cmdfile to composer:
```
cat cmdfile | composer 
```

Note: On Windows workstations, if the User Account Control (UAC) is turned on and the UAC exception list does not contain the cmd.exe file, you must open the DOS command prompt shell with the "Run As Admnistrator" option to run composer on your workstation as a generic user different from Administrator or HCL Workload Automation user.