Working with recurring jobs in Infor Smart Office

You can use the Recurring Job Definition to configure jobs to run on a recurring basis.

Perform these steps to configure an existing job to run on a recurring basis:

  1. Open Recurring Job Definition.

    From the Show menu, select Widget Library > Navigator.

    From Navigator, select Lawson - Staff Source Serve > Lawson Jobs & Reports > Lawson Recurring Job Definition.

  2. To create a new recurring job, click Add on the Actions menu and then configure properties in the table.

    To change the options for an existing recurring job, right-click the job in the list and then configure the appropriate options in the table.

    Option What it does
    Job Owner Current owner of the job. Initially, this is the person who created the job.
    Job Name Name of the job.
    Queue Job queue the job is running on. Leave blank to select the default queue or select a queue that you have access to from the list.

    Frequency

    		 Specify how often the report should run:
    Half Hour: Every half hour
    Hourly: Every hour
    Daily: Every day at the specified time
    Weekly: Every week on the specified day of the week and at the specified time
    Monthly: Every month on the specified date and at the specified time
    Annually: Every year on the specified date and at the specified time
    Start Date Click the calendar icon to select a start date for the job.
    Stop Date Click the calendar icon to select the date when the job should stop running.
    Run Time Specify the time that you want the job to run.
    Grace Time

    You can configure a period during which the job must run, if it cannot run at the exact time you specified. Enter the time in hours. 1 is the default. For example, if you configure a run time of 12:00 AM and then configure a grace time of one hour, the system has until 1:00 AM to run the job before it is logged as failed.

    Specify 99 if you want the system to continue attempting to run the job.
    If Late

    This field works in conjunction with the Grace Time. Use it to tell the system the action to take if the job fails to log after the grace time expires.

    Select the action you want the system to take if the job does not run at the specified time. These options are available:

    Hold: The job will be sent to the job queue but no action will be taken. You can choose to run the job manually.

    Next: The system skips attempting to run the job for the current scheduled run and calculates, based on the Grace Time, the next time the job should run. The job appears on the Waiting tab of Job Scheduler with a status of "Recurring Job Skipped." The system attempts to run it at the next scheduled time.
    Next Run Date Column generated by the system that shows when the next time the job is set to run.
    Last Run Date Column generated by the system that shows when the job most recently ran.
  3. Perform any of the functions available from the Actions menu.

    The table shows the menu items available from the Actions menu within the Recurring Jobs Definition program.

    Recurring Job Definition Actions menu item What it does
    Add Recurring Job Click to add a new recurring job. You will be prompted to populate the fields described in the previous section.
    Change Recurring Job Opens the application parameter form so that you can make changes.
    Delete Recurring Job

    Delete all selected jobs.

    You are allowed to delete jobs that you have delete access to.
    Sort By

    You can choose to sort using these filters:

    Report Owner: Person who is shown as being the owner of the report.

    Job Owner: Person who is shown as being the owner of the job.

    Job Name: Name of the job.

    Parameter: The application (job or report) that generated the print file. For example, CU201.

    Because multi-step jobs are associated with more than one application, for sorting/grouping features, the parameter is shown as Multi-step Job.

    File Name: Name of the report file, for example, CU201.prt.

    Create Date: Date the print file was created.

    Create Time: Time the print file was created.
    Print Screen Send the current screen load to the printer.
    Refresh Data Update the list with any new jobs that have been created.
    Toggle Select All Select all jobs in the list or deselect all jobs if they have been selected.
    Close Window Close Recurring Jobs.