staffo

The staffo table holds information about outstanding steps, that is, steps that have been delivered to work queues but not yet released (or otherwise removed).

Structure

The staffo table is structured as follows:

TABLE staffo(
	o_flags			INTEGER		NULL,
	o_queuename		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,
	o_locker		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,
	o_username		VARCHAR(49)	NULL,
	o_startname		VARCHAR(49)	NULL,
	o_dirname		VARCHAR(12)	NOT NULL,
	o_dirdesc		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,
	o_procname		VARCHAR(8)	NOT NULL,
	o_procdesc		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,
	o_casedesc		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,
	o_casenum		NUMERIC(20)	NULL,
	o_placeno		INTEGER		NULL,
	o_dirflags		INTEGER		NULL,
	o_procflags		INTEGER		NULL,
	o_host			VARCHAR(24)	NOT NULL,
	o_pnum			INTEGER		NOT NULL,
	o_pnumcount		INTEGER		NOT NULL,
	o_caseptr		NUMERIC(20)	NULL,
	o_reqidhost		VARCHAR(24)	NOT NULL,
	o_reqid			NUMERIC(20)	NOT NULL,
	o_deadline		DATETIME	NULL,
	o_reqstamp		DATETIME	NULL,
	o_qparam1		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,	
	o_qparam2		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,		
	o_qparam3		VARCHAR(12)	NULL,
	o_qparam4		VARCHAR(12)	NULL,
	o_itempriority		VARCHAR(24)	NULL,		
	o_priority_changed	DATETIME	NULL,
	o_majorvers		INTEGER		NOT NULL,
	o_minorvers		INTEGER		NOT NULL)

Column

Description

o_flags

Flags associated with this work item. For internal use only.

o_queuename

Queue name of the user or group queue that contains this work item, as defined in the user_names table.

o_locker

Name of the user who has locked the queue (if it is locked), as defined in the user_names table.

Note: This column is not written to or updated unless the WIS_WRITELOCKS parameter in the SWDIR\etc\staffcfg file is set.

o_username

Queue name of the user or group queue that contains this work item, as defined in the user_names table.

o_startname

Username of the user who started the case that this work item belongs to, as defined in the user_names table.

o_dirname

Step name of the step that generated this work item.

o_dirdesc

Step description of the step that generated this work item.

o_procname

Procedure name of the procedure that generated this work item, as defined in the proc_index table.

o_procdesc

Procedure description of the procedure that generated this work item, as defined in the proc_index table.

o_casedesc

Case description of the case that this work item belongs to, as defined in the case_information table.

o_casenum

Case number of the case that this work item belongs to, as defined in the case_information table.

o_placeno

Step mark number. For internal use only.

o_dirflags

Step flags. For internal use only.

o_procflags

Procedure flags. For internal use only.

o_host

ID of the node that this work item is associated with, as defined in the nodes table.

o_pnum

Procedure number of the procedure that generated this work item, as defined in the proc_index table.

o_pnumcount

Version count of procedure. For internal use only.

o_caseptr

Case control record number. For internal use only.

o_-reqidhost

Nodename of the node where the o_reqid is generated, as defined in the nodes table.

o_reqid

Unique ID for this work item, generated from the sequences table.

o_deadline

Date and time that the deadline (if defined) expires on this work item.

If no deadline is set this value appears as 12/31/3000 11:15:00 PM.

o_reqstamp

Timestamp when this work item was delivered to the queue.

o_qparam1

Value of work queue parameter 1 for this work item.

o_qparam2

Value of work queue parameter 2 for this work item.

o_qparam3

Value of work queue parameter 3 for this work item.

o_qparam4

Value of work queue parameter 4 for this work item.

o_itempriority

Priority definition for this work item, in the format:

base:increment:number:period:type

where:

• base is the base priority value for this work item.

• increment is the amount that will be added to the item’s priority value whenever the period expires.

• number is the number of increments that will be added to the item’s priority value.

• period is the time period, in the units specified in type, which must expire before the item’s priority value is incremented.

• type is the unit of measure of the period, either “M” or “m” for minutes, “H” or “h” for hours or “D” or “d” for days.

o_priority_changed

Timestamp when the priority value for this work item was last changed.

o_majorvers

Major version number of the procedure that generated this work item, as defined in the proc_version table.

o_minorvers

Minor version number of the procedure that generated this work item, as defined in the proc_version table.

Primary Key

The following primary key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)
`pk_staffo`	`o_reqid o_reqidhost`

Triggers

None.

Indexes

The following index is defined for this table.

Index Name	Column(s) Indexed
`idx_staffo`	`o_queuename`
`idx_staffo_rowid`1	`rowid`

Table Activity

The staffo table contains one row for every outstanding step on the system.

Rows are added, updated and deleted in the following situations.

A row is...

When...

added

a work item is sent out to a queue.

updated

any of the following occur:

•

a work item is kept and any changes have been made.

•

a work item’s priority value changes.

• a work item is opened and the WIS_WRITELOCKS parameter in the SWDIR\etc\staffcfg file is set.

deleted

either:

•

a work item is released or withdrawn.

•

a case is closed or purged.

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