Some scheduled tasks in XperienCentral can be configured to run on a scheduled basis. These configuration settings follow the Unix Cron format. Two different formats are used; one for the Scheduling Services and one for the Search Engine. Determine which format you need and follow the examples in the appropriate section below.
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Scheduling Services Jobs
The following Quartz format is used for the XperienCentral Scheduling Services:
.------------------- Seconds (0 - 59 [,-*/])
| .---------------- Minutes (0 - 59 [,-*/])
| | .------------- Hours (0 - 23 [,-*/])
| | | .---------- Day of month (1 - 31 [,-*?/LWC])
| | | | .------- Month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC [,-*/])
| | | | | .---- Day of week (1 - 7 or SUN-SAT [,-*?/LC#])
| | | | | | .- Year (OPTIONAL: empty or 1970-2099 [,-*/])
| | | | | | |
* * * * * * *
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Scheduling Service Examples
Below are some examples that demonstrate the use of the Scheduling Services Cron format.
| Format | Description |
|---|
0 3 1,4,19,21 * * * | Schedules a service to run every day at 01:03:00, 04:03:00, 19:03:00 and 21:03:00. |
0 */10 * * * * | Schedules a service to run every 10 minutes every day. |
0 45 9 1,15 * * | Schedules a service to execute on the 1st and 15th of every month at 09:45:00 |
0 0 2 ? * * | Schedules a service to executed at 2 o'clock every day ((taken from the Google sitemap generator schedule). |
Search Engine Jobs
The following cron format is used for the WebManager Search Engine. Notice that it has no place to specify seconds or the year.
.---------------- Minutes (0 - 59 [,-*/])
| .------------- Hours (0 - 23 [,-*/])
| | .---------- Day of month (1 - 31 [,-*?/LWC])
| | | .------- Month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC [,-*/])
| | | | .---- Day of week (1 - 7 or SUN-SAT [,-*?/LC#])
| | | | |
* * * * *
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