General
The General screen displays basic information about this task record, including the name, the expiration date and time, and next scheduled date and time the task is to be run. Click on the Schedule section button to view the details on the scheduled running cycle of the task. If this task is related to badges, the Configuration section button is also available for set up.
Active
Indicates whether this scheduled task record is active (Yes/No).
Configuration
The badge configuration option that is to be used when running this scheduled task.
More About File Patterns
The following Reserved Characters are used with Regular Expression Searches:
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This symbol indicates a single character preceding the value entered in the field. When using other regular expressions indicating preceding characters, this symbol must also be used.
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*
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This symbol indicates a wild card for any number of previous characters. For example, .*RN would display all records that contain RN within the field value.
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$
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This symbol is used to indicate the ending value of a string, or an EXACT MATCH. When the symbol is placed after a value, there cannot be any other characters after the field value. For example, D$ indicates the value must end with D. Since there are no wild card symbols in front of D, this indicates an exact match.
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^
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This symbol is used to indicate the beginning value of a string. This can be used with a search string combining other reserved characters.
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This symbol works like an OR operator. For example, hi|hello matches a string that has either "hi" or "hello" in it.
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Combining Multiple Symbols in an Advanced Search Expression:
Multiple symbols can be combined to indicate a regular expression with different variables. For example, entering *.Manager$ will display all records that begin with any characters, but must end with Manager. The previous character symbol (.) and wild card symbol (*) at the beginning of the expression indicate any number of characters can be in front of the word Manager. The ending symbol ($) in the expression indicates the value must end with the word Manager.
Sample file patterns for the examples above:
Example #1
Files found in Download File Share:
OrgUnit.txt
JobClass.txt
Position.txt
Employee.txt
File Pattern:
Branch Org Unit Download = ^Org (will match OrgUnit.txt)
Job Class Download = ^Job (will match JobClass.txt)
Position Download = ^Pos (will match Position.txt)
Employee Download = ^Emp (will match Employee.txt)
Example #2
Files found in Download File Share:
OrgUnit.txt
EmpNorthFac.txt
EmpSouthFac.api
File Patterns:
Branch Org Unit Download = ^Org (OrgUnit.txt)
Employee Download = ^Emp (will match EmpNorthFac.txt & EmpSouthFac.api)
Created By
Name of the user who created this task record. This information is automatically entered by the system.
Expiration Date/Expiration Time
Depending on the field, the calendar date or the time of day when this task is no longer active, if applicable. If this task is to continue to run indefinitely, do not enter values in the Expiration Date and Expiration Time fields.
For information on entering date values, see More About Date Value Fields; for information on entering time values, see More About Time Value Fields.
When a field requires a Time Value, the value must be formatted in 24-hour time. This means after noon, the hour value entered should have 12 added to the hour value shown on the clock. For example, if the time is 3:00 pm, the correct value in 24-hour format is 15:00 (12+3 = 15).
- The system automatically formats entered values to hh:mm (two-digit hour value, two-digit minute value separated by a colon).
- Enter 1500 and the system automatically adds the colon between the hour and minute values to convert this to 15:00.
- Enter 900 and the system adds the leading zeros and colon to convert this to 09:00.
- The system adds leading zeros to any value less than 4 digits. For example, if 9 is entered, the system converts this to 00:09 (nine minutes after midnight).
- If the last two digits of the entered value is larger than 59, this cannot be converted to a valid time and an error message is generated.
- If the first two digits of a four-digit value is larger than 23, this cannot be converted to a valid time and an error message is generated.
- Enter midnight as 00:00; enter noon as 12:00.
- If a "p" or "pm" is entered after the hour value, the system automatically converts the time to the corresponding afternoon value in 24-hour time. For example:
- Enter 300p or 300pm and the system converts this to 15:00 and adds the colon.
When a date field is highlighted, the Date Selector is displayed in the right pane to search for the date. Use the arrows in the heading bar to scroll to the Previous or Next month's calendar. Double-click on a date to enter it into the field. Alternatively, dates can be typed into the field.
File Pattern
Determines which files should be processed for the specific download. If the exact file name is known, that can be entered. If the exact file name is not known, or if there are multiple files, a regular expression search pattern can be entered (for example, "^EmpDown$" processes only the file name EmpDown, while "\.txt$" processes all files with a “.txt” extension). The file pattern should be set to "^" to indicate all files in the folder.
File Share
The name of an existing file share location, where this record should be created.
Name
The short name or abbreviation identifying this scheduled task record.
Next Execution Date/Next Execution Time
Depending on the field, the calendar date or time of day that this task is next scheduled to run. This information is determined by the system (based on information set up in the Schedule tab) and is not editable.
Note: If the Active field is set to No, these fields are cleared.
For information on entering date values, see More About Date Value Fields; for information on entering time values, see More About Time Value Fields.
When a field requires a Time Value, the value must be formatted in 24-hour time. This means after noon, the hour value entered should have 12 added to the hour value shown on the clock. For example, if the time is 3:00 pm, the correct value in 24-hour format is 15:00 (12+3 = 15).
- The system automatically formats entered values to hh:mm (two-digit hour value, two-digit minute value separated by a colon).
- Enter 1500 and the system automatically adds the colon between the hour and minute values to convert this to 15:00.
- Enter 900 and the system adds the leading zeros and colon to convert this to 09:00.
- The system adds leading zeros to any value less than 4 digits. For example, if 9 is entered, the system converts this to 00:09 (nine minutes after midnight).
- If the last two digits of the entered value is larger than 59, this cannot be converted to a valid time and an error message is generated.
- If the first two digits of a four-digit value is larger than 23, this cannot be converted to a valid time and an error message is generated.
- Enter midnight as 00:00; enter noon as 12:00.
- If a "p" or "pm" is entered after the hour value, the system automatically converts the time to the corresponding afternoon value in 24-hour time. For example:
- Enter 300p or 300pm and the system converts this to 15:00 and adds the colon.
When a date field is highlighted, the Date Selector is displayed in the right pane to search for the date. Use the arrows in the heading bar to scroll to the Previous or Next month's calendar. Double-click on a date to enter it into the field. Alternatively, dates can be typed into the field.
Process Definition Code
The predefined processing that is to be scheduled through this wizard. The options are available in the Field Look Up Values in the right pane.
Timeout (Minutes)
Determines how long a task may run on the agent subsystem before it is marked as timed out on the request history table. The task will continue to run on the agent subsystem after that time is reached.
This feature is used to mark the request as timed out so that other processes that are waiting for it can continue. For example, the Close Pay Period cannot go through if there are any downloads in progress. Users may subscribe to a notification in the system to receive an email or portal message that a timeout has occurred.
Hint: The value specified for this would be dependent on the client and how long a download is expected to take. This value could be set to 1.5-2 times the expected amount of time for the average download to complete for that client.
Run Task
The Run Task button allows you to immediately run a scheduled task, regardless of the created schedule. This is helpful for troubleshooting and testing.
