Parameters Session Manager

Megaladata's Session Manager is designed for viewing open sessions and packages, monitoring and managing their activity, and clearing the package pool.

Note: Session Manager is only available in server editions of Megaladata.

The Session Manager page features a table organized into sections:

  • Sessions: User sessions and the packages opened within them.
  • Shared packages: Packages that are opened by the server via references from other packages, rather than belonging to a specific session. Multiple packages can reference a single shared package. A shared package cannot be closed while referenced by any running package or Package pool item.
  • Package pool: Packages cached in server memory for reuse. This optimizes performance by eliminating the need to reload frequently used packages. The pool contains packages called directly by Megaladata Integrator and BatchLauncher, while the packages they reference belong to the Shared packages group. The pool size is defined in the server parameters. When the pool is full, the least recently used packages are removed from the pool. If a package file is modified, all its instances are automatically cleared from the pool.

Table columns

  • Sessions and packages: Displays the session name and the packages opened within it. To view the packages, expand the list by clicking on +". The session name consists of the username and a unique session identifier (similar to the one displayed in the server operation log).
  • Activity: The time of the last activity in the session. When a node is executing in a child package, the Activity is highlighted in green. For the package, a progress bar is displayed, and the start time of the node activation is shown in the tooltip when hovering over the progress bar.
  • Host: The IP address of the client from which the session was launched. When the Resolve names by IP option is enabled via the context menu, the hostname is displayed instead of the address.
  • Role: The user's role in the session is displayed with the following icons:
    • Parameters Administration
    • Parameters Workflow design
    • Parameters View reports
    • Parameters Batch processing, i.e. execution from the Integrator

If a user has multiple roles, the most privileged one is shown.

  • Version: The package version in semantic versioning format.
  • Created: The date and time the package file or session was created. This value doesn't show for a draft package.
  • Saved: The timestamp of the last save. This field is blank for draft packages.
  • Path: The full path to the package in the file storage. This doesn't apply to draft packages.

All columns, except for Sessions and packages, can be hidden. For packages within the Shared packages, the number of sessions that reference this package, including the reference from the server itself, is displayed to the right of the package name.

Toolbar buttons

  • Refresh Refresh: Refreshes the list of sessions or packages. This may remove already closed sessions/packages from the list or add new ones. The list also updates automatically every 5 seconds. A shortcut for the action: Alt> + F5
  • Stop Stop: Available for currently running sessions and packages. Terminates the selected item. Stopping a session stops all its packages. Conversely, if you stop the last running package in a session, the session itself will close. Requires user confirmation.
  • Close Close: Closes the selected session or package and removes it from the table. The action requires user confirmation. Hotkey for the action: Delete.
  • Search Search: Opens the search menu for the Session Manager's table. Searching within each column is also available through the menu in the column header. Action shortcut: Ctrl + F.
  • Send message to all active users Send message to all active users: Opens a dialog box where you can write a message to all active users.
  • Enter server maintenance mode Enter server maintenance mode: An option to enter the server maintenance mode. Clicking the button opens a confirmation dialog box. You can also set a notification text to be sent to users (default is The server is in maintenance mode). When the server is in maintenance mode, the button will be highlighted.

These actions are also available from the context menu (opens through a right-click). In addition to the above, the context menu includes the following commands:

  • Resolve names by IP Resolve names by IP: When this option is enabled, the hostname is displayed for all sessions. By default, the host's IP address is displayed.
  • Clear pool of packages Clear package pool: Removes all packages from the package pool.
  • Send message to user Send message to user: Opens a dialog box where you can write a message to a specific user. The action is unavailable if nothing is selected in the Session Manager table or if the selected row does not relate to any user session (Shared packages, Package pool, etc.).

Maintenance mode

When the server enters maintenance mode:

  • Login is prohibited for all users except administrators.
  • The server processes requests from the client; active sessions continue to run to allow saving changes.
  • When entering/exiting the mode, a message is sent to all users except the administrator.
  • Requests from the [Integrator] are no longer processed, even if the session was opened before entering the mode.
  • [Scheduler] stops running scheduled tasks. For tasks with the status Not started, log entries are added to the Completed tab in the log.
  • Starting a task manually in the Scheduler results in an error. The attempt is not recorded in the log.
  • The Administration button is highlighted in orange.

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