Running the Periodic Runs Workflow with the Time-Stamp Filter

If you run the Periodic Runs workflow with the time-stamp filter, it processes only the incremental data more recent than the time stamp. Because it does not process all the data, it takes less time to run.

To run the Periodic Runs workflow with the time-stamp filter

1. Activate the workflow Alignment - Periodic Runs.

2. Create a new alignment with the same global conditions as previous active alignment.

   This dummy alignment need not have rules. It must use the same Hierarchy and Division combination as the previous active alignment. It must be an intermediate alignment.

   Note: The dummy alignment must contain all the global conditions from the most recent active alignment in the hierarchy and division. The activation date of the dummy alignment must be either the current date or earlier than the activation date of the most recent active alignment in the hierarchy and division.

3. Get the row Id of this alignment.

4. Navigate to the Admin-Business Service screen, then the Simulator view.

5. Create a new record with the values shown in the following table.

   Field	Value
   Service Name	Server Requests
   Method	Submit Request

6. Provide input for the record.

   1. Create an .xml file with the following content:

      		<PropertySet
       			Method="RunProcess"
       			Component="WfProcMgr"
       			Mode="DirectDb"
      		><PropertySet
       			Object Id="88-2ARGD"
       			ProcessName="Alignment - Periodic Runs"
       			LastModified Timestamp ="5/11/2010 04:42:58"
      		></PropertySet
      		></PropertySet
      		Object Id = <Alignment Id of Dummy Intermediate alignment>
      		LastModified Timestamp = <A timestamp after which the objects are modified have 
      		to be considered for assignment/de-assignment>
      

      Note: LastModified Timestamp must be in the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss using a 24hr clock.

   2. In the business service input applet, select Load From File, and select this .xml file.