Schedule and manage recurring jobs

License:

This functionality requires a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role.

You can schedule recurring jobs in ArcGIS Workflow Manager for tasks that need to be performed on a regular basis. Recurring jobs can be used to automatically create jobs for tasks such as checking an external FTP server for data submissions, generating monthly status reports, conducting monthly inspections, and so on.

Note:

Jobs should be scheduled to run based on your local time zone. You may need to make adjustments for locations where daylight saving time is observed. For example, a recurring job that's scheduled to run at 10:00 a.m. PST will run at 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Scheduled jobs may be delayed past their scheduled start times when the system load is high.

Schedule recurring jobs

Complete these steps to schedule recurring jobs:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Choose the job template that you want to use to create recurring jobs.

   The job template appears in the panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. In the Job Creation section, click Add Scheduled Task.

   The Create Recurring Schedule dialog box appears.

7. Provide a name for the scheduled task in the Name text box.
8. Leave the Enabled check box checked.
9. Choose a Recurrence option and specify how often you want the jobs to be created.

   Note:

   You can only choose a single day of the week when Weekly is chosen as the Recurrence option. You must create individual scheduled tasks for each day of the week to create jobs on multiple days of the week.

10. Choose an End Date option to specify when you want the recurring jobs to stop being created.
11. Click OK.

    The scheduled task appears in the Job Creation section.

12. Optionally, repeat steps 6 through 11 to schedule more recurring jobs.
13. Click Save to save the job template.

Edit recurring job schedules

Complete these steps to edit recurring job schedules:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Click the job template that contains the recurring job schedule you want to edit.

   The job template appears in the panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. In the Job Creation section, click Edit for the schedule you want to edit.

   The Edit Recurring Schedule dialog box appears.

7. Update recurring job options as necessary.
8. Click OK.
9. Optionally, repeat steps 6 through 8 to edit more recurring job schedules.
10. Click Save to save the job template.

Delete recurring job schedules

Complete these steps to delete recurring job schedules:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Click the job template that contains the recurring job schedule you want to delete.

   The job template appears in the panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. In the Job Creation section, hover over the scheduled task you want to delete and click Delete Scheduled Task .

   The scheduled task is deleted from the Job Creation section.

7. Optionally, repeat step 6 to delete more recurring job schedules.
8. Click Save to save the job template.