Visualization Issue with C_PERIODs and Child Task Executions in V24

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
• CA Automic One Automation
• Automic SaaS

Issue/Introduction

After upgrading from Automic Automation v21 to v24, users may notice an undocumented change in how Period Containers (C_PERIOD) display child task executions in the Process Monitoring perspective.
When viewing the execution list of a C_PERIOD task that has spanned multiple days or turnarounds:

• Expanding a previous day's execution result shows the subsequent day's C_PERIOD as a nested child task.
• Continuing to expand these nested containers causes the view to "jump" or nest repeatedly (e.g., Day 4 nested under Day 3, which is nested under Day 2).
• This behavior is confusing as it differs from v21, where each C_PERIOD turnaround was displayed as its own top-level container in the execution list.

 

Steps to reproduce:

1) Start a task via Execute Recurring to do something like run 4 times a day (low number simply to simplify the explanation of actual vs expected behavior)
2) Let this run for multiple turnarounds
3) Navigate to Process Monitoring, righ-click the C_PERIOD and choose Executions
4) Expand the second or third C_PERIOD task that shows up in the list

Expected behavior:
In 21, the second C_PERIOD was considered its own container and would expand itself, staying on it's line, so Process Monitoring would show something like:
C_PERIOD (running)
C_PERIOD (ENDED)
  task in C_PERIOD
  task in C_PERIOD
  etc.
  
Behavior in v24:
first 
Expand the second line, it immediately "jumps into" the first to something like:
  C_PERIOD (second)
    CPERIOD (first)
 task in C_PERIOD (second)
 task in C_PERIOD (second)
 etc...

Expand the fourth, it immediately "jumps into" the third, note the list looks like:   
  C_PERIOD (fourth)
    C_PERIOD (third)
    task in C_PERIOD (fourth)
 task in C_PERIOD (fourth)
 etc...

Expand the third and the full thing immediately "jumps" into the second that is in the first:
  C_PERIOD (third)
    C_PERIOD (fourth)
      C_PERIOD (second)
     C_PERIOD(first)
 task in C_PERIOD (second)
 task in C_PERIOD (second)
 etc...
   task in C_PERIOD (third)
   task in C_PERIOD (third)
   etc...
 task in C_PERIOD (fourth)
 task in C_PERIOD (fourth)

Environment

Version: 24.4.x

Cause

DE180616

Resolution

This issue is purely cosmetic and does not impact the running of C_PERIOD objects or their behavior.

Solution:

Update to a fix version listed below or a newer version if available.

Fix version:

Component(s): AWI

Automation.Engine 24.4.4 - Available

Additional Information

Public Description: A problem has been fixed when showing C_PERIODS's task executions.