Adding a Cron Schedule

1. Access Schedules report.
2. Click on the Add New Record icon available as shown below.

   

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   A new row will be added to the report as shown below:

   

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3. Enter the following in the newly added row:
   • Schedule Type: On clicking the Schedule Type cell, LOV will be populated as shown below. Select "Cron Schedule".

   

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   • Schedule Name: Enter the name for schedule.
   • Description: Enter the description for schedule.
   • Start Date: Select the start date from when the schedule should run. (By default the current time will be shown).
   • End Date: Select the end date till when the schedule should run.
   • Enabled: Click on this column. An LOV will be shown with values true & false. Select "true" when the schedule needs to be run. Select "false" when the schedule should not run.
   • Category: Click on this column. An LOV will be shown with all the Categories. Select a category. (Default value is "Categories")
4. Click on the Update icon available in toolbar. The following dialog box will be displayed indicating that the records are added successfully.

   

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5. Drilldown to Schedule Parameters Report by right-clicking on any cell of the newly added schedule.

   

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6. Click on the Schedule Parameters popup menu item. The following screen will be displayed.

   

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   The above screen displays, five Cron Schedule time fields and the user need to enter required values for these parameters and parameter Description.

   The below table provides the range of values that the user can enter for time parameters:

   Field	Range of Value
   Minute	0-59
   Hour	0-23
   Date	1-31
   Month	1-12
   Day of the Week	1-7

   Example:

• Reference for values in Day_of_Week column.
  • 1 - Sunday
  • 2 - Monday
  • 3 - Tuesday
  • 4 - Wednesday
  • 5 - Thursday
  • 6 - Friday
  • 7 - Saturday
• Reference for values in Month column.
  • 1 - January
  • 2 - February
  • 3 - March
  • 4 - April
  • 5 - May
  • 6 - June
  • 7 - July
  • 8 - August
  • 9 - September
  • 10 - October
  • 11 - November
  • 12 - December

  Each of the above values can also be entered in the form of ranges, lists, and step. If an asterisk (*) is entered as a field value, then the Cron accepts all values in its range.

  #	Example
  Range	2-4
  List	2,3,4
  Step	10-50/2 (another example: */5)

  The user needs to follow the below constraints for entering values of Minutes, Hours, Date, Month, and Day of the Week in Parameters tab.

  • Enter digits as parameters or enter * for every unit.
  • Use comma for list like 2, 3, 4, etc. The schedule will run for every <number specified in value column> units (say, for 3 minutes, 2hrs, etc).
  • Use "-" for range like 2-4. The schedule will run between the specified units (say, between or 2-4 minutes or 2-4 hrs, etc).
  • Use "/" for interval like 10-50/2. Start and end of the interval is given (10-50). In this interval, the schedule will run for every 2 units in the given interval (say 2 minutes, etc).

1. Click on the Update icon available in toolbar. The following dialog box will be displayed indicating that the records are updated successfully.

   

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