As good practice, to not disturb the analysis process, load data when BIRT Analytics users are not in the system. Scheduling allows you to run the load processes overnight, or at times when the system is idle.
Scheduled tasks allows you to create and manage scheduled tasks, as shown in Figure 6‑4.
Figure 6‑4 Scheduling tasks
The following activities are available:
Refresh
Refresh scheduled tasks.
New
Create new tasks. When creating a new task, you must provide the following information, as shown in Figure 6‑5:
Figure 6‑5 Creating a scheduled task
Project
Select a project name.
Settings
Time settings, such as minute, hour, day of month, month, and day of week. Time settings use the following syntax:
Minute
Minutes within the hour (0-59)
Hour
The hour of the day (0-23)
Day of month
The day of the month (1-31)
Month
The month (1-12)
Day of week
The day of the week (0-7), where both 0 and 7 are Sunday
To specify multiple values for one column, the following operators are available, as listed in Table 6‑1, in the order of precedence.
Table 6‑1 Scheduling operators
Operators
Description
Examples
*
Match all values of a field.
Using an asterisk in Month indicates every month.
M-N
Define a range.
1-5 in Day of week means from Monday to Friday.
*/X
Specify multiple values based on a start position and a period.
*/15 in Minute selects 0, 15, 30, 45 minutes.
3-59/15 in Minute indicates the third minute of the hour and every 15 minutes thereafter.
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