PSI - Schedule Definition

Schedule Definition Now Available

Precision Solutions is pleased to announce the availability of the Schedule Definition tool, an exciting new add-on for SB+ developers.

The Schedule Definition tool wraps around the existing SB+ Job Schedule Definition tool and provides recurrent scheduling of background jobs. Analogous to the Unix cron verb – but with a user-friendly interface! – Schedule Definition allows SB+ processes to be automatically restarted on very flexible schedules.

While SB+'s Job Schedule Definition tool enables an SB+ process to be run on a background (phantom) session, a process can be invoked only once per background session. There is no functionality incorporated into the standard SB+ tool that allows a job to be rescheduled for regular execution.

The Schedule Definition tool fills this gap by providing a "scheduler for job schedules", that is, a tool for running job schedule definitions (and other processes) at regularly scheduled intervals. By setting up the processes you want to run on certain intervals, there's no need to monitor and manually restart your SB+ processes; let the computer do the work for you!

Using the Schedule Definition tool, processes can be scheduled to run:

One time only
Second-by-second
- Every n seconds
Minute-by-minute
- Every minute
- Every n minutes
Hourly
- Every hour
- Every n hours
Daily
- Every day
- Every n days
- Specific days of the week
Weekly
- Every week
- Every n weeks
- Specific days in each week
Monthly
- Every month
- Every n months
- Specific day in a month (15th)
- Relative day in a month (second Tuesday, last Sunday, etc.)
Yearly
- Every year
- Every n years
- Specific day in a year (August 15th)
- Relative day in a year (second Tuesday in October, first Sunday in April, etc.)

Cost: $450 (USD)
Availability: Immediate

For more information about the Schedule Definition tool, contact Precision Solutions at 303/651-7050 or via email.

Preview the Schedule Definition documentation