Composite Tasks
Note: This feature is available in Lite, Enterprise, Ultimate and Team editions only.
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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 is the Create a task dialog. You can do it in multiple ways:
From the context menu in the database navigator -> Tools -> Create new task... -> Composite task
By clicking Database -> Tasks -> Create new task... -> Composite task
From the context menu in the Database Tasks view.
Choose Composite task, enter the task name, description (optional), 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 existing task. To do that, click the button with the plus sign
By creating a new task and adding it simultaneously. To do that, click the button below the aforementioned button with the plus sign
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, and 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.