topic What do "*No sessions" mean? in Product Forum

What do "*No sessions" mean?

sumire — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:27:00 GMT

Hello,

What do the asterisk in "session info" field in the control room mean?

What is the difference between "No sessions" and "*No sessions" ?

Thanks for all your help.

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Mitsuko
Asia/Tokyo
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

PabloSarabia — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:57:00 GMT

Hi @sumire

I search about this and I haven't found anything related with the session info 😞

Under what conditions do you have this status in the control room? I try to many different ways to get the "No sessions" message, and allways I get it without the asterisk

Bye 🙂

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Pablo Sarabia
Solution Manager & Architect
Altamira Assets Management
Madrid
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

ewilson — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:40:00 GMT

Hi @sumire,

As you appear to be using a localized version of Blue Prism, the asterisk may be an errant character from the localization. In other words, I don't think it means anything. Essentially just a garbage character. I'd suggest opening a ticket with support to have them run it by a product engineer though to be sure.

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

sumire — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:42:00 GMT

Hello @PabloSarabia,

Thank you for reply.
I observed control room for a while, it seems that only pooled RR has asterisk.
So, I think the asterisk may indicates some information about pool function.
As Eric says, it could just be garbage.
Let me know if you find any other information.

Thanks again,

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Mitsuko
Asia/Tokyo
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

sumire — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:18:00 GMT

Hello @ewilson @PabloSarabia ,

Thank you for reply.

It seems to indicate "controller" of the resource pool.
But I don't know what roll "controller" has, what is the difference from "controller" and "member", and who select "controller" from among "members" on what basis.

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Mitsuko
Asia/Tokyo
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

ewilson — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:29:00 GMT

@sumire,

The first runtime resource to join the pool takes on the controller roll. If it fails or drops out of the pool, the other resources will determine the next controller in line. The controller is responsible for distributing work among the other resources in the pool. As such the controller will not typically assign itself work unless there are no other available resources at the moment.

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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RE: What do "*No sessions" mean?

sumire — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 23:27:00 GMT

Hello @ewilson ,

Thank you for the explanation about the "controller".
Why do some RRs who couldn't be "controller" in resource pool appear in red letter and stop working? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?
The red RRs seem to be claiming that they wanted to be "controller".

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Mitsuko
Asia/Tokyo
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