Job scheduler - missing starting time or detailed schedule for option "Multiple times a day"
Hi,
The “Multiple times a day” option in the job scheduler rule only allows to configure the time interval.
When restarting Pega environment, all recurring jobs created with the "Mulptiple times a day" option are scheduled using the system restart date: all jobs running for example every hour are scheduled at the exact same time, causing serious performances problems if you need to run many jobs.
Is it possible to extend Pega Job scheduler functionalities, adding a starting time when using the “Multiple times a day” option, or allowing to specify the exact times the job has to run? When restarting Pega environment all jobs should be scheduled recalculating the next execution time from the starting time configured in the Job scheduler rule, or the detailed schedule, instead of using the system restart date. This would avoid a massive schedulation at the same time.
Thanks in advance!
Anne
Updated: 8 Sep 2022 14:18 EDT
JPMC
IN
@AnneGoo Can the jobs be configured to run on any one associated background node? If yes, I think a rolling restart of the nodes should solve the issue you are facing.
Updated: 8 Sep 2022 14:18 EDT
Real Value Consulting
IT
Our jobs are already configured to run on any one associated background node, and a rolling start could solve the performances problem when the environment has multiple nodes. Sometimes we have only one node for development or staging environment, and in this case the proposed solution doesn't solve the problem.
But we'd also like to be able to schedule in a more precise way when our jobs will be running during the day, independently from the system restart date or fom the last time the job scheduler rule was saved or imported in a new ruleset version. Pega's current Job scheduler has limited capacities when using the “Multiple times a day” option. Look for example at the Linux crontab, you can always specify a detailed schedule during the day, deciding at what exact time your job will be running.
Updated: 8 Sep 2022 14:18 EDT
JPMC
IN
@AnneGoo I guess you can raise an enhancement request to pega for consideration.
Meanwhile you can try using a combination of job schedulers and Queue processors.
The job scheduler would run each day( only once ) and would queue for the particular timings for that day to a delayed queue processor.
Updated: 8 Sep 2022 14:18 EDT
Real Value Consulting
IT
It was an enhancement request but it was modified by moderator ( Pooja Gadige):
***Edited by Moderator: Pooja Gadige to change content format from Discussion to Question***
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Hi @AnneGoo,
Thanks for clarifying that this is an enhancement request! I have changed this post back to a Discussion and added the Idea tag!
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