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11 | Scheduled Jobs Overview

This article covers Scheduled Jobs, different options provided within, and the process of Creating and Editing Scheduled Jobs. Scheduled Jobs are often created by Organizations to automate manual tasks or System Functions. These Jobs allow Operators to schedule tasks that help to operate business functions smoothly. Bepoz provides various Scheduled Job options for Organizations to create so that daily tasks can be automated and do not have to be performed manually.

This article covers Scheduled Jobs, different options provided within, and the process of Creating and Editing Scheduled Jobs.

Scheduled Jobs are often created by Organizations to automate manual tasks or System Functions. These Jobs allow Operators to schedule tasks that help to operate business functions smoothly.

Bepoz provides various Scheduled Job options for Organizations to create so that daily tasks can be automated and do not have to be performed manually.

Prerequisites 
  • To access Scheduled Jobs Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges   will need to be enabled 
    • Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
      • System Setup: "Maintain Scheduled Jobs" Flag 
Accessing Scheduled Jobs
  • To access and edit Scheduled Jobs, navigate to the System Setup component in the side menu of BackOffice and select Scheduled Job which will open a Scheduled Jobs window
  • This window contains a number of buttons which can be used for Adding Jobs, Editing & Deleting Jobs and Running Jobs
  • The window will also list - either by Venue or All Venues - currently configured Scheduled Jobs

 

Adding a New Job
  • To Add a new Scheduled Job, Click on the 'Add Job' button the header which will open the Job Maintenance window

General Settings
 

Field

Description
Job Name
  • Set a name for the Job
Job Type
  • Set the Job Type from the given list
    • External DLL
    • Do Nothing
    • Run program
    • Database Send To Tills
    • Database Send To Venues
Venue(s)
  • Select a Venue for the Job
Run Missed Jobs
  • SmartController must be running for a Scheduled Job to run; if SmartController isn't running when a Job is Scheduled to run, the Job is considered to have been Missed
  • This configuration option allows for running Missed Jobs
  • It gives the following options:
    • Never
    • Run Once Only
    • Run All Missed
Run as
  • Selects the Operator to run the job as
Created
  • Displays the Date and Time when the Job was created
Logging Mode
  • Sets the logging Mode to run the jobs
  • It has the following options:
    • Start and End
    • Start Only
    • None
Overrides Jobs
  • Overrides the selected job with the job being maintained
Chained Job
  • Binds the selected job with the job being maintained
 Schedules
  • This allows setting a specific Time and Date to run the job
  • To Add a new Schedule, Press the 'Add' button which will open a new window prompting operators to enter Date and Time
Next Run
  • Will display the date when the job will run next
Run Count
  • Will display the number of times the job has run
Last Run
  • Will display the time when the job was last run

 

Job Types & Options External DLL
  • External DLL allows to Add an external link in the job
  • When this option is selected, two new fields appear below the Job Type field
    • DLL Name: This allows to select a DLL Name from the given list
    • Class Name: Class Name selection depends upon the DLL Name selected
  • The Job Options for this type varies according to the DLL Name and Class Name selected

Do Nothing
  • This is a Dummy Job for Override Existing Jobs
  • This will have no job Options as it will not perform any action
Run Program
  • This job will run external programs on the Server

Job Options

 

Options

Descriptions
Run Hidden
  • Will also run the jobs that are hidden
Program Directory
  • Add a Program Directory Link
Program Name
  • Add a program name
Arguments
  • Add arguments to support the program
Execute Directory
  • Add function to execute the directory

 

Database Send To Tills
  • This job will create a new database and send it to all the Tills

Job Options

 

Fields

Description
Do Not Re-Create Database
  • Stops from creating the same database over and over again
StoreGroup(s)
  • Allows selecting specific Store(s) to run the job

 

Database Send To Venues
  • This job will create a new Venue Database and Send it to All the Venues

Job Options

 

Fields

Description
Do Not Re-Create Database
  • Stops from creating the same database over and over again
Include Pricebook
  • Includes the Venue Pricebook into the database
Venue(s)
  • Allows selecting specific Venue(s) to run the job

 

Editing Jobs
  • To edit the existing Jobs, highlight the job and Click on the 'Edit Job' button at the menu bar
  • This will open the Job Maintenance window and Operators can Edit the job selected
Run Job Now
  • If an Operator requires to run any job immediately, they can Press the 'Run Job Now!' function button at the Menu Bar
  • This will run the job immediately without waiting for its next run period