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Scheduled Tasks
- 25 Oct 2021
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Scheduled Tasks
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Scheduled tasks are executed at defined intervals, they keep your Liquit Workspace Server healthy and can also assist in automating simple tasks.
Details
The details screen provides a few basic options to configure the Scheduled Task.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The friendly name for the Scheduled Task |
| Type | The type of Scheduled task. The following options are available:
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| Description | A description for the Scheduled Task |
| Enabled | Determines if the Scheduled Task is active |
| Server | This scheduled task is only run on the specified server. If no server is specified, any server can execute the scheduled task. |
| Allow task to be run on demand | Determines if the scheduled task can be manually started by an administrator, or if the scheduled task can only be started by a schedule. |
| If task is already running |
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Notifications
The “Notifications” tabs shows a list of email addresses that receive a notification when the task has run. You can add, edit and remove entries of this list.
On system tasks provided by Liquit Workspace, the notification option will use the mail servers that are defined in the primary zone, if available.
Only send errors and task updates
When enabled, a mail notification will only be sent if there is something notable to report, the conditions on when a message will be sent are:
- Task has failed to run.
- Task has information to report.
When disabled, a mail notification will always be sent when the task has run regardless of the results.
Scheduled
The “Schedule” tab is used to schedule the Scheduled Task, there are four types of Schedules; Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Interval. Each type has its own properties, a list can be found below:
Daily
Run this task every day at a specified time.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Time | Determines when on the day the task will be run |
Weekly
Run this task once per week, on a specified day and time.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Day | Determines on which day the task will be run |
| Time | Determines when on the day the task will be run |
Monthly
Run this task once per month, on a specified day and time.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Day | Determines on which day of the month the task will be run |
| Time | Determines when on the day of the month the task will be run |
Interval
Run this task on a fixed interval in hours/minutes.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Time | Determines after how many hours and minutes a Scheduled Task will be run |
History
The "History" tab shows a list of al the times the task has been run. The following columns are available:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The Friendly name of the Scheduled Task |
| State | Wether or not the Scheduled Task was succesfull or if it is in porgress |
| Progress | The Percentage of progression of the Task |
| Start time | When the Scheduled Task got triggered |
| Started by | Which identity was responsible for triggering the Scheduled Task |
| Device | Which server executed the Scheduled Task |
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