Overview
In this documentlesson, we are going to see how to create and associate jobs from DB database in Wayfast.
What is a Job in Database?
A Job is a container that allows packaging one or more steps in process that need to be scheduled and executed. In other words, we can say that it is a series of query actions that can be performed in certain periods of time.
We can use jobs to define different tasks that can be run one or more times and monitored for success or failure. A job can run on one local server or on multiple remote servers.
How to create a Job in Wayfast?
Under “Database” sectionLet’s go to “Database” at top menu, click on “Jobs” tab
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This is job’s Job’s dashboard that will display all the details related. Click on “New” button to start with the creation.
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A popup is displayed with only 2 fields to complete. Include the job’s name and description and check the “Active” checkbox before clicking on “Accept” button
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Object is now created on Wayfast. Let’s focus on the “Quantity Steps” and “Quantity Schedulers” columns. Both they are going to indicate what are going to be steps setup for the job and the time-scheduled details respectively.
Let’s focus first on “Quantity Steps”. Click on the “0” link and automatically a new popup is going to be prompted to display all the steps related to job. In this case, it won’t display any row.
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Click on “New” button again inside the “Job Step” popup and complete the required fields
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Notice that Scheduling jobs defined the condition or conditions that cause the job to begin start running without user interaction. You We can schedule a job to run automatically by creating a new schedule for the jobdatetime.
Click on “0” link
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A new popup is displayed on the screen to create the job’s scheduler. Click on “New” button
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Setup Before creating the scheduler taking into consideration job scheduler, let’s check the following options that Wayfast give us:
Field | Description |
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Type |
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Frequency occurs |
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Every recurs | Number of repetitions |
Occurs every Frequency | Number of times a given event occurs at specified time during a defined period |
Starting Frequency | Hour time that it will start the execution |
Frequency Daily Ending | Hour time that it will end the execution |
Make Now that we know better the different options, make sure that the job’s scheduler is active before clicking on “Accept” button.
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New scheduler is created and associated associate it to the job previously created.
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Recap
We During this lesson, we learnt how we can setup a simple job with the steps to be executed automatically by the system in Wayfast. Also how we can setup a simply setup scheduled programs program for each of this jobs.