Question
Tech Mahindra
CA
Last activity: 6 May 2016 1:17 EDT
How to make an agent runs exactly at specifc time with multiple times a day?
We are using PRPC 6.1 SP2. We have a requirement to send the batch for each hour exectly starts at 9AM and ends at 6PM.
We have handled start and end time in agent activity, if the current time falls beyond the limit will not be processed but how can we make the agent to start at 9AM.(Agent would be started as and when the server is restarted but may not be exact hour the server started). External system expects 10 batches every day. If any delay in agent processing will not sent expected number of batch files.
Please suggest.
Accepted Solution
Tech Mahindra
CA
Thanks Rodolphe and Santanu,
Configured agent to run for every 60 secs and each time checking if the hour of current time is reaching the specific time and because the interval is 60secs, we could able to generate the batch precisely the time it should run.
It could be better if the pega can able to handle both periodic and recurring interval scenarios like this thorugh agent configuration.
Thanks for your advise.
Pegasystems Inc.
FR
Hello,
My suggestion is to check the system date time at the first step of the activity called by the advanced agent, and exit it if it is not the expected time (the agent interval is set to 60 seconds).
Best Regards,
Rodolphe
Virtusa IT Consulting
AE
slight correction I think Rodolphe meant to keep the agent interval as 60 minutes since the requirement I understood as to run the agent every one hour for 10 hours in time period of 9 am to 6 pm. Please correct me if I am wrong
Pegasystems Inc.
FR
No this is not my point. The agent interval must be set to 60 seconds because the batch activity must be run at a 9:00AM (and not 9:15 or 9:30). This cannot be enforced using standard advanced agent scheduling parameters. So the idea here is to trigger the agent each minutes but exit the batch activity called by this agent if the system timestamp do not match the expected hour and minute.
Best Regards,
Rodolphe
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Well, to answer this query " can we make the agent to start at 9AM" i dont think it is possible.
It will start right at the time when the server gets started and then keep on trying to perform the designated work / activity in specified intervals.
Hence the best bet to achieve your need is to follow what Rodolphe Beaufort suggested.
Accepted Solution
Tech Mahindra
CA
Thanks Rodolphe and Santanu,
Configured agent to run for every 60 secs and each time checking if the hour of current time is reaching the specific time and because the interval is 60secs, we could able to generate the batch precisely the time it should run.
It could be better if the pega can able to handle both periodic and recurring interval scenarios like this thorugh agent configuration.
Thanks for your advise.