Data Reviewer custom step in WMX: Run Reviewer Batch Job

AshleyMott

Hi,
I created a Data Reviewer custom step in WMX to run a reviewer batch job. I just copied the parameters from here: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Data_Reviewer_custom_steps_and_tokens/01020000000s000000/

One of the custom parameters I have to setup is a Session Name. Problem is, when I run the workflow more than once, I get a pop-up (see attached) that asks me to choose between multiple sessions with the same name. Is there a way to create a unique session name everytime a workflow incorporating this step is run? Maybe I don't fully understand the purpose of a session. Should every user have their own session each time they run the workflow?

I have also attached a workflow that copies the steps from the link I attached. Note, that the step called Create Reviewer session also asks for a session name.

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bdemers

Hi Ashley,

I'm not terribly familiar with these steps or with Data Reviewer, but my understanding is that a session is just a way to group errors that are found by Data Reviewer.  How to define these groups is more of a business decision.  When using WMX, one obvious approach is to group all of the errors by job, but some users may want to group errors differently (perhaps based on the type of check or feature, by who ran the checks, by the time at which they were run, etc.).

All that said, it looks like these steps assume that you'll have one reviewer session per job.  From the bottom of this page:

On step execution, Workflow Manager starts ArcMap and the Reviewer session associated with the job.

If there is more than one Reviewer session associated with the job, you will be prompted to choose which Reviewer session will be started.

...so even unique session names would not be enough to avoid the dialog box that you're seeing if the sessions are associated with a single job.  Hopefully that lines up with what you're seeing...?

Brian D.