Scheduling jobs in Process Runner

Scheduling jobs in Process Runner

Scheduler Video:   http://www.innowera.com/MARC-Scheduling_Job.php

This video demonstrates scheduling feature of Process Runner where MARC table extraction from SAP is schedule through Process Runner.

 

To schedule a new task

 

1.In Process Runner, open a process file that you want to schedule.

Note: The Scheduler tab by default is not visible. To make the scheduler tab visible, select View and turn ON Scheduler option by clicking on it or by clicking on Show all Tabs.

2.In the Scheduler tab, click New. Create Task window appears.

3.In General tab, perform the follow:

a.In Task Name, specify the name of task.

b.If you want to change the process file that you want schedule, select the process file from Local or EShare.

c.In Description, specify the description for the task that is being scheduled.

d.Select the logon shortcut from the drop down list. If you do not see the shortcut enlisted, click on the refresh button. Specify the scheduling type, time and date accordingly. This is how your scheduler will look.

Note: You will have to provide a logon shortcut file in order to login to SAP & run scheduling job. Hence always make sure that the file is saved with a Logon Shortcut.

4.In Trigger tab, perform the following:

a.In Schedule Type list, select the scheduling type category from the options mentioned as follow:

Daily: Indicates that the scheduled task will be run daily. The Daily trigger is based on a recursion system, date and the time you want to start using this kind of trigger. The interval of 1 is producing a daily schedule, the interval of 2 is producing an every other day schedule and so on.

Weekly: Indicates that the scheduled task will be run weekly. If you select Weekly trigger you must enter the date and time you want to start this schedule, the days when you want to take place and how often to repeat. Recursion of this trigger is similar to the daily one. For the interval of 1, the task will be repeated weekly, for the interval of 2, the task will be repeated every two weeks and so on.

Monthly: Indicates that the scheduled task will be run monthly. The Monthly trigger does not have many differences from the others, you only need to select the month and day that you want to activate your task. The recursion system is the same, the only difference being that the minimum interval of repetition is one month. You can either select one month or all twelve months.

Once: Indicates that the scheduled task will be run once. Specify the day and time when the task must be run.

When Idle:  Indicates that the scheduled task will run when the system is on idle mode.

b.Select the Start DateTime to run the scheduled task.

c.In Advance Settings, you can select the following options to repeat, stop and expire a task:

Every: Indicates how often (in minutes or hours) the scheduled task is repeated. The arrows can be scrolled to select other settings.

Until: Indicates the time duration until which the task is to be repeated.

If the task is still running, stop it at this time: Indicates whether all instances of the scheduled task that are still running according to the deadline at Until are stopped. This option is useful if the scheduled tasks don't stop automatically. If this check box is not selected, the task continues running, even after the deadline.

d.Select the Expiry DateTime to stop auto-run.

5.Select the Settings tab, and perform the following:

a.In Scheduled Task Completed, perform the following steps:

Delete task if it is not scheduled to run again: Indicates whether the task file is deleted from the computer's hard disk after the run and is not scheduled to run again. This option is useful for tasks that are scheduled to run only once.

Stop task if it runs for: indicates whether the task is stopped after it has been running for a specified amount of time. Select the time in Hr(s) and Minute(s) at their corresponding fields.

b.In Scheduled Task Missed, perform the following step:

Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed: Indicates that If the computer is turned off, it is possible that a triggered time event might not happen. This setting will allow scheduler to go back and see that it was supposed to run, and then trigger it to run right away.

c.In Idle Time, perform the following steps:

Only start the task if computer has been idle for at least: Indicates whether to initiate the scheduled task after the specific period of freeze time (i.e. pause in the usage of keyboard and mouse). If the task is scheduled to repeat, the first run of the task occurs only if the computer has been idle for the specified period of time. If the computer is not idle when the task tries to start, Scheduler keeps checking to see if the computer is idle for the amount of time specified in Only start the Task if the computer has been idle for at least. If the computer does not become idle during this time, no occurrences of the task execution take place.

Stop the task if computer ceases to be idle: Indicates whether the task should be stopped if the usage of the computer is resumed during the execution of a task.

If computer has not been idle that long, retry for up to: Enter the length of time (in minutes) that Scheduler keeps verifying to make sure if the computer is idle. If the computer has not been idle for that long, no occurrences of the task are executed.

d.In Power Management, perform the following steps:

Don't start task if computer is running on batteries: Indicates whether the scheduled task is prevented from starting while your computer is running on batteries. Some programs frequently access your hard disk, which drains the batteries faster. You can extend the life of your batteries by selecting this check box.

Stop task if battery mode begins: Instructs the Process Runner to stop the execution ongoing task if the computer starts running on battery.

Wake the computer to run the task: Indicates that the computer will wake to run the task at the scheduled time, even if the computer is in sleep mode.

6.Once you have configured the scheduler settings, select Save > Close.

7.The scheduled task appears in the calendar highlighted in green color.

8.Select the scheduled task and click Open to view the settings.

 

Likewise you can schedule many more jobs for different or same file and also schedule multiple tasks at same time.

 

Refer To view the scheduled jobs refer link How to view all Scheduled Processes .

 

 

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