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Job Scheduling and Scheduler Scripts

The primary purpose of the Siebel Analytics Scheduler is to manage and schedule jobs. In this context, a job is a task performed by Siebel Analytics Server. Scheduler supports two types of jobs:

• Scripted jobs that you set up and submit using the Job Manager feature of the Server Administration Tool

  NOTE:  Scripting for iBots and scripts defined by the Scheduler Job Manager are supported only under Windows platforms and are not supported under UNIX.

  For scripted jobs, Siebel Analytics Scheduler supports two scripting languages:

  • VBScript
  • JScript

    An example of a scripted job is to take the Siebel Analytics Server usage statistics that are logged in a file and periodically load them into a back-end database. The script defines which actions are to be performed and when these actions should be executed.

• Unscripted jobs, called iBots, that you set up and submit using Siebel Delivers

NOTE:  If, while adding or modifying a job in the Job Manager, you enter a script in the Script field, Analytics Scheduler creates a file with an SCS extension in the path defined by this field. However, the Scheduler's back-end database does not actually store the job scripts. In general, do not add or remove scripts from this directory.

Configuring Siebel Analytics Scheduler Job Scripts gives examples of job scripts.