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3.1. Scheduled Job

To reschedule an xTuple Connect Job, select the RESCHEDULE button. The following screen will appear:

Reschedule Batch Item

When rescheduling an xTuple Connect Job, you are presented with the following options:

Submitted by

Displays the name of the user who submitted the Job.

Submitted on

Displays the date and time when the Job was submitted.

Response Email

Displays the email address—typically belonging to the submitting user—where the Batch Manager will send the Job results once they are completed.

Action

Displays the type of action to be performed when the Job is run.

Parameter

Displays an additional piece of information about the Action, if pertinent. For example, if the Action is "RunReport" then the Parameter is the name of the report to run.

Scheduled

Schedule a date and time to run the Batch Item.

Specify a date in the first field using a standard date format. Use the arrow buttons in the second field to specify a time of day.

Started

Displays the date and time when processing of the Job began.

Completed

Displays the date and time when processing of the Job was completed.

When creating a recurring event, you are presented with the following options:

Recurring

Check this box if you want the event to repeat itself at regular intervals, using the frequency settings you specify below. Recurring events are generated when you run the recurring items utility, which is described in more detail here: Section 9.2, “Create Recurring Items”.

Every

Enter a number and select a unit of time to describe how frequently you want the event to occur. You can choose any regular schedule, ranging from once every 1 minute to once every 99 years.

From

Enter a date and time at which to start the first event. The default value is the time the screen opened. The "From" option only appears on some screens.

Until

Enter a date and time after which the event should no longer occur.

Create no more than

Enter the maximum number of future copies of this event you want the system to maintain. Whenever the Create Recurring Items screen is run, it will create up to the number you enter here.

Warning

If you delete all copies of a recurring event, the event will stop repeating even if the "Until" date has not yet been reached. xTuple recommends setting this to at least 2 to reduce the likelihood of deleting all copies of the event.

In addition to the single Parameter described above, individual Jobs usually require additional details to execute successfully. For example the user might have requested that a report be run showing information about a particular Class Code. In this case the Parameter described above will hold the name of the report but the report also needs to know which Class Code the user selected. To see these details, select the "Parameters Tab". The following screen will appear:

Parameter details passed to a Scheduled Job

To see the details of the Email pertaining to the Scheduled Job, select the "Email Details" tab.