SIL Scheduler
- Jonathan Muse
- Shane Smith
The SIL Scheduler allows you to run scripts at specific time intervals or at various times using CRON.
SIL Scheduler Page
You can access the SIL™ Scheduler page from Administration → Manage Apps → Power Apps Config → Power Scripts > Scheduler.
Scheduler Page Columns
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Script | Full path to the script and the arguments if they exist |
Schedule | Either the interval on which the script should run or the CRON expression interpreted |
Next Run | Date and time of the next run |
Runs as | User to impersonate when running the script |
Operations | Possible operations to do with a scheduler (delete, in our case) |
Managing SIL™ Scheduler
The SIL™ Scheduler feature enables you to run SIL™ scripts after a valid Confluence interval or using a CRON expression.
Starting with version 4.0.0 of Power Scripts™, the jobs are persistent that is they are kept alive towards Confluence restarts. You can read about scheduling jobs here: Scheduling routines. This mechanism uses the same scheduling engine, thus the same notes apply.
Each scheduled job has the following properties:
Job type - either interval or CRON expression
Schedule - valid Confluence interval or a CRON expression
Script - SIL Script that will run using the schedule that you define
Arguments - job arguments
Run script as - if specified, the script will run as if by this user
Does this job repeat? - if you use a Confluence interval, you can define whether the job should repeat at the specified interval
To schedule a CRON job, change the type to "CRON" and enter a valid schedule (Quarts CRON expression).
The Quarts Cron expressions also considers the seconds, unlike the traditional Cron expressions:
SIL Scheduler: Sec Min Hour Day Month Day of Week
Traditional Cron: Min Hour Day Month Day of Week
Info
To edit the actual scripts, use the SIL™ Manager.
Try using sites like http://www.cronmaker.com/ to help generate a valid Quarts CRON expression
After saving the added job, a new entry is added to the table on the Administration page.
No user provided
Please keep in mind that if no value is provided in the Run this script as textfield, the script will run with no user. Therefore, the script will NOT have the required permissions to interact with Confluence pages, unless the project allows for anonymous access or the script explicitly calls out the user to use within in the script using the runAs routine.
It is highly recommended to provide a user to the scheduled job when interacting with Confluence pages.
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