Task Center and Executor

Task Center

Configure Tasks

Use Task Center to assign multiple automation tasks to multiple Executors. Task Center and each Executor communicate over the local network.

• Each task can contain any number of .qya files exported from the application list. Files in the same task run in the order they were added. If an application fails, the remaining applications are not run.

• Choose specific machines for a task, or select a number of idle machines automatically.

• Run at a specified interval, or on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule.

• A task runs only after its effective time.

  For example, suppose the current time is 12:00, the effective time is 14:00 today, and the schedule is 13:00 every day. Because today's scheduled time is earlier than the effective time, the task will first run at 13:00 tomorrow.

• When a selected device is busy, choose whether the task should queue, take priority in the queue, or be cancelled for that device.

  For example, task A needs to run on devices 1 and 2 at the same time. Device 2 is idle and starts task A immediately, while device 1 is busy. Device 1 handles task A as follows:

  • If regular queueing is selected, task A joins device 1's queue and runs in first-in, first-out order.
  • If priority queueing is selected, it is placed after existing priority tasks but before all regular queued tasks.
  • If cancellation is selected, device 1 does not run task A.

  If the task is configured to run on N randomly selected devices, an idle device compares the expected execution time of its next queued task with that of the randomly assigned task:

  • If the queued task is expected to run earlier, the device runs the queued task.
  • If the randomly assigned task is expected to run earlier, the device runs that task.

• You can set a maximum execution time for each application. The application is stopped automatically if it exceeds that limit.

• A task is cancelled if it remains queued longer than the configured limit.

Device Status

View whether each connected device is online or offline, along with the total number of pending tasks and the number pending on each device.

Select a device to view its screenshot and real-time memory and CPU usage.

Run Log

View the execution status of each task.

Executor

When starting Executor for the first time, configure the Task Center IP address and port. The machine name can be chosen freely, and changes take effect immediately.

After a successful connection, Task Center IP displays a green indicator. A red indicator means the connection failed. Confirm that Task Center is running and that the IP address and port match those shown in its lower-left corner. Network or router configuration may also need adjustment.