ProApp Designer - Release 14 (Package 27) Aras Background and Cron Jobs User Guide Introduction to Background & Cron Jobs Jobs

Cron Job

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Admin user can create new Cron Job going through TOC → Administrators → Pro App Designer → Background & Cron Jobs → Cron Jobs.
Click on “Create New Cron Job”.
During creation, user can enter values for the Cron Job properties.
Name: Name of the Cron Job
Start Execution On: Initial start date time for the Cron Job
Job Function: The method that you want execute as a part of Cron Job.
Integration (Optional): Integration Specific Cron Job. To be set when this Cron Job is for a specific integration.
Description: Description of the Cron Job
Disabled: Enable/Disable the Cron Job
Next Execution Scheduled On: This is a read-only field that displays the next scheduled run time of the Cron Job, calculated automatically based on the recurrence settings configured within the job.
Previous Execution Started On: This is a read-only field that displays the start time of the previous execution.
Previous Execution Completed On: This is a read-only field that displays the end time of the previous execution.
:By clicking this button, the admin user can trigger the Cron Job to execute immediately.
Admin user can choose the “Frequency” and according to the selection, relevant portions of the UI will be shown.
- For selecting frequency of Cron Job, it has three options:
  - Daily
  - Weekly
  - Monthly
    Daily:
    - Recurse: It is a span of days between the Cron Job executions.
    - Repeat Every Hour / minute: It is a time span for re-execution of Cron Job.
    Weekly:
    - Recurse: It is a span of Weeks between the Cron Job executions.
    - Weekly Days: Cron Job will run on the chosen days.
    Monthly:
    - : By clicking on this button form ”Select Month & Day” will pop up, After selecting month & day and clicking “OK” button, value will appear on the TextBox. The Cron Job will run in accordance with the chosen dates.
    - : By clicking on this button all selected Month & Day gets cleared from the TextBox.
Associated Type → Type (Optional): Name of the ItemType if this Cron Job is specific to any ItemType
Associated Type → Filter Expression (Optional): If an Associated Type is defined for the Cron Job, this optional field allows you to specify a filter expression to be applied when retrieving items.
Job Executions: User can check all the executions of a particular Cron Job by opening the Cron Job item and navigating to Executions relationships tab.
User can “Abort” the execution of Cron Job only when Cron Job has Conversion Task status = “In Progress”.
- Right Click on Cron Job in Queue
- Go to Actions
- Select “Abort Job”.
User can “Abort” the execution of Cron Job only when Cron Job has Conversion Task status = “In Progress”.
User can “Retry” the execution of Cron Job only when Cron Job has Conversion Task status = “Failed”.