Composite Tasks

Note: This functionality is available only in Enterprise Edition.

As the name suggests, the composite task is a type of task that consists of other tasks. Just like the other type of tasks, the composite tasks can be scheduled via Task Scheduler. Let's take a look at what they can offer.

Creating a composite task

The first thing we need to open Create a task dialog. You can do it in multiple ways:

Choose Composite task, enter the task name, description (optional.md), and hit Next.

You will be presented with the following dialog:

Setting up a composite task

When creating a composite task you need to specify which tasks the composite task consists of.

This can be done:

• By adding an existed task:

• By creating a new task and adding it simultaneously:

• By drag-and-dropping a task from the Database tasks panel:

As a side note, you can add a composite task to your new composite task.

You can edit tasks in the same dialog, delete a task from a composite task, change the execution order:

There is also a very important checkbox, Ignore task error. The tasks from the composite task are executed in the order they appear in the settings dialog. Executing a task from a composite task might produce an error that will block the next tasks from proceeding. The Ignore task error checkbox can be used to bypass this behavior.