The Schedule management pages

You access the scheduler management pages by selecting Settings > Schedule Management or by selecting View when scheduled from a flowchart's Run menu.

The Schedules tab

Table 1. Fields and links on the Schedules tab
Field or link Description


Disable
Disable one or more selected schedules. Available only if you have applied Marketing Platform FixPack 10.0.0.1.


Enable
Enable one or more selected schedules. Available only if you have applied Marketing Platform FixPack 10.0.0.1.
Create a schedule Click to open a wizard where you can set up a schedule.
Edit the schedule list filter Click to create an advanced filter for the list.
Delete Delete one or more selected schedules. You can select schedules by clicking in the column at the left of the schedule. To select all schedules, click at the top of the left side column.
Refresh Click to refresh the list.
Filter Click to create a simple filter for the list.
Schedule name The schedule of which the run is an instance.
Schedule state Whether the schedule is enabled or disabled.
Scheduled item The name of the object to be run.
Item type The type of object to be run.
Created by The user name of the account that created the schedule.
Start trigger If the schedule depends on a trigger, the trigger that causes the schedule to run.
Start Date and time when the first run of this task is scheduled.
Recurrence pattern A description of the recurrence pattern.
End Date and time when the last run of this task is scheduled.
Note: Applies to recurring scheduled tasks only.
Previous 1 and next 2 runs Date and time of the previous run and next two scheduled runs.
Note: Applies to recurring scheduled tasks only.

The information about previous one and next two scheduled runs is shown as per the scheduler definition. It is not currently validated against the exclusion rules.

Dependencies If the scheduled object depends on other objects, they are listed here.
On success trigger The string that is sent if the product reports that a run of this schedule has completed successfully. This field is blank if no on success trigger is specified.
On failure trigger The string that is sent if the product reports that a run of this schedule has failed. This field is blank if no on failure trigger is specified.

The Runs tab

Table 2. Fields and links on the Runs tab
Field or link Description
Edit the schedule list filter Click to create an advanced filter for the list.
Delete Delete one or more selected schedules. You can select schedules by clicking in the column at the left of the schedule. To select all schedules, click at the top of the left side column.
Mark as cancelled Cancel one or more selected schedules.
Refresh Click to refresh the list.
Filter Click to create a simple filter for the list.
Run id The identification number assigned to the run in the Marketing Platform system tables.
Schedule name The name specified for the schedule by its creator.
Scheduled item The name of the object to be run.
Item type The type of object to be run.
Start The date and time when the run started.
Last updated The date and time when the information for this run was updated.
Execution state State of the run as defined in the scheduler, as follows.
  • Scheduled - The run has not begun.
  • Queued - The scheduler has started the run, but the HCL® Marketing Software product has not begun executing the scheduled run due to throttling constraints.
  • Completed- The run has completed and has returned a status of Failed or Succeeded.
  • Cancelled - A user has cancelled a run by clicking Mark as Cancelled on the Scheduled Runs page. If the run was queued when the user marked it as cancelled, it does not execute. If the run was executing, this action does not stop the run, but it is marked as cancelled, and any triggers configured for this run are not sent. Also, runs that depend on the cancelled run do not execute.
  • Unknown - Indicates that Marketing Platform can not determine whether the job is still running, completed or failed.
Run status Status of the object's run as defined by the product executing the run. If the run sends a status of Cancelled, and the run is later started again and sends any other status to the scheduler, the status is updated in this field.
Details Information about the run as provided by the product. For example, for a flowchart run, details include the flowchart name and ID, the error if the run fails, and the elapsed time if the run succeeds.

Edit the schedule list filter - Schedules

Table 3. Edit the schedule list filter on the Schedules tab
Column Description
Filter by search tags / keywords Select this check box if you want to include search tags or keywords in your filter. The string you enter here is matched with strings entered in the Search tags / keywords fields when schedules are created.
Search tags / keywords Enter the search tags or keywords you want to use in your filter.
Filter on other criteria Select this check box if you want to include additional criteria in your filter.
Run metadata Select one of the following options to include in your rule.

The options are:

  • Schedule name
  • Schedule state
  • Item type
  • Created by
  • Scheduled item
Condition Select one of the following options to determine how your rule is evaluated.
  • Matches
  • Starts with
  • Ends with
  • Contains
Value Enter or select the value you want to apply to the rule. The options vary depending on the metadata you select for the rule.
  • Schedule name

    Enter any characters.

  • Schedule state

    Value options are Enabled and Disabled.

  • Item type

    Value options are the various schedule types.

  • Created by

    Enter any characters. Your value is compared with user login names.

  • Scheduled item

    Enter any characters. The string you enter here is compared with the text in the Scheduled item column.

And / Or Select one of these operators for each rule you create.

Edit the schedule list filter - Runs

Table 4. Edit the schedule list filter on the Runs tab
Column Description
Filter based on time Select this check box if you want to show runs that occurred within a specified time interval.
Time zone If you select an option other than the server default, the search uses the selected time zone to calculate which schedules fall within the date range you specify.
List runs for the last n instances For recurring runs, specify how many previous runs to show in the list.
List runs from Specify a time interval for the runs shown in the list.
Filter on other criteria Select this check box if you want to include additional criteria in your filter.
Run metadata Select one of the following options to include in your filter.

The options are:

  • Schedule name
  • Execution state
  • Run status
  • Scheduled item
Condition Select one of the following options to determine how your criteria are evaluated.
  • Matches
  • Starts with
  • Ends with
  • Contains
Value Enter or select the value you want to apply to the filter. The options vary depending on the metadata you select for the rule.
  • Schedule name

    Enter any characters.

  • Execution state

    Value options are:

    • Queued
    • Running
    • Completed
    • Unknown
    • Cancelled
  • Run status

    Value options are Succeeded, Running, Cancelled,Failed, and Unknown.

  • Scheduled item

    Enter any characters. The string you enter here is compared with the text in the Scheduled item column.

And / Or Select one of these operators for each rule you create.