Scheduling

Scheduling is configuration of special rules that execute processes or request services at a particular time interval. Each rule that executes such a process or service is called a scheduling item.

Scheduling items are added or edited by the editor of scheduling items, which is started as described in Working with Configuration Elements. The editor of scheduling items is essentially the editor of a special rule collection. Working with it is very similar to working with the editor of standard rule collections as described in Adding/Editing Rules section. The only difference is in adding/editing of a single rule (which represents a scheduling item). The difference is that along with the Standard View tab (see Adding/Editing Individual Rule)” of the editor looks different for the scheduling rules.

The following information can be specified on the Standard View tab of the scheduling rules editor:

Controls in this group box allow you to specify how often a process or service being scheduled is going to be executed:

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed only once (you will also need to provide the date and time of this event (see Recurrence Range and Start Time below).

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed every day starting and finishing on the dates specified in the Recurrence Range group box and at the time specified in the Start Time group box (see below).

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed every week starting and finishing on the dates specified in the Recurrence Range group box and at the time specified in the Start Time group box (see below). You will also need to provide the day(s) of the week when the process or service is going to be executed by ticking the appropriate checkboxes.

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed on the specified day of every month starting and finishing on the dates specified in the Recurrence Range group box and at the time specified in the Start Time group box (see below). You will also need to provide the day of the month when the process or service is going to be executed.

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed on the specified day of the specified month of every year starting and finishing on the dates specified in the Recurrence Range group box and at the time specified in the Start Time group box (see below). You will also need to provide the month and the day when the process or service is going to be executed.

Select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed every few minutes

Controls in this group allow you to specify the starting and ending dates of the time period when the process or service being scheduled is going to be executed:

1. Start date – you must provide the starting date of the recurrent pattern in the dd./MM/yyyy format (see Recurrence Pattern).
2. No end date – select this radio button if a process or service is to be executed indefinitely according to its recurrence pattern.
3. End by – select this option if you want to specify the end date when the process or service execution will end.

You must specify the time of the day when the process or service is going to be started.

The options in this group box allow you to specify which process or service is going to be executed:

1. Start process – select this option if you want to start the specified process. You will also need to select the process from the list of all processes defined in the business space version.
2. Call service – select this option if you want to request the specified service of the specified service provider. You will also need to select the name of an intelligent business object providing the service and select the service to be requested.