Adding interface tasks to the Job Scheduler

  1. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Click Add Schedule.
  3. In the Task section, specify this information:
    Task Description
    Specify the description of the task. The name must be unique and descriptive to help users identify the task.
    Task Type
    Select Interface Task.
    Task Affinity
    Assign the task to a specific scheduler to be run. By assigning tasks to various schedulers, the system can distribute the running of tasks across different schedulers, which may be running on different computers.

    A scheduler is the process that performs task runs. Schedulers can be unique and individually named. Task affinity names are the names of the schedulers. Schedulers are run separately from the application server; you can have 50 schedulers running for one application server. By default, your task is run on the unnamed default scheduler.

  4. In the Scheduled Time section, specify this information:
    Run at
    Specify the time of day to run the task.
    Timezone
    Change the time zone, if required. By default, your local time zone is used.

    For example, if a user in Mumbai, India schedules a task to run at 6:00PM Asia/India time zone (default), the task is run at 6:00PM their local time (GMT+5).

    If a user in Mumbai, India schedules a task to run at 6:00PM American/New York time zone, the task is run at 6:00PM EST (GMT-5).

  5. In the Scheduling Time section, select one of these four options:
    • Once: To schedule only one run of this task.
    • Daily: To schedule runs in intervals of days or seconds. Complete one of these two fields:
      • Every ... Day(s): Specify the number of days between runs.
      • Interval ... Second(s): Specify the number of seconds between runs. The application allows for a minimum of 5 seconds between runs (-1 indicates that the field is not used).
    • Weekly: To schedule runs by day of week. Select the check boxes to indicate on which days of the week the task is to be run.
    • Monthly: To schedule runs by month, and by day of month. Select one of these two options:
      • Day ... Of: Specify the day of month to indicate on which date the task is to be run.
      • Of: Select the week of the month (for example, Second) and the day of week (for example, Thursday) from the drop-down lists to indicate on which day the task is to be run.

      Select the check boxes to indicate on which months of the year the task is to be run. If you do not select a month, the task is not run.

  6. In the Scheduling Range section, specify this information:
    Start On
    Specify the start date of the task run.
    End By
    Optionally, specify the end date of the task run. To run the task indefinitely, leave the field blank.
  7. Click Submit.
    If the task was successfully scheduled, the confirmation message "Task Successfully Scheduled" is displayed.
  8. Click OK.
    The new interface task is displayed in the list on the Job Scheduler Task Schedules page.
  9. Click Parameters corresponding to the interface task.
  10. Select the interface task from the Interface Type drop-down list.
    See Viewing available interface types.
  11. Click Next.
    The Interface Type parameters page is displayed. The specific page is different for each interface type. For information about the interface type parameter fields, see the specific standard interface topic within this chapter.
  12. Click Submit.
  13. Click OK.