5.1.4.2 Scheduling and Automating Batch/Batch Group Execution

Using the various scheduling options, you can automate batch/batch group execution to run based on the specified scheduling parameters.

To automate the batch/batch execution, follow these steps:

1. In the Schedule Batch page, click Schedule tab.
2. In the Schedule Batch page, select the following options:
   • Once: Run only once
   • Daily: Run daily
   • Weekly: Run weekly on selected days and time.
   • Monthly: Run monthly on selected days and time.
   • Quarterly: Run every quarter on selected days and time.
   • Cron Expression: A Cron Expression is a string comprising of six or seven fields separated by white space. Fields can contain any of the allowed values, along with various combinations of the allowed special characters for that field. To execute a batch/batch group using a Cron expression, enter the Cron Expression for your schedule. For more information about the Cron Expression, click Information next to the Cron Expression field.
3. Enter the following generic information and the parameters:
   • Batch/Batch Group: Batch/batch group for execution.
   • Batch/Batch Group Name: The specific batch/batch group to be executed.
   • Schedule Name: The unique schedule name.
4. Provide the following scheduling parameters based on the selected schedule option.

   Table 5-3 Scheduling Options

   Details	Once	Daily	Weekly	Monthly	Quarterly
   Start Date to begin execution	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
   End Date to stop the execution	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
   Run Time to execute the batch/batch group	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
   Select Days of the week you want to execute the batch/batch group. You can select multiple days	No	No	Yes	No	No
   Select Months of the Year you want to execute the batch/batch group. You can select multiple months	No	No	No	Yes	No
   Select Day of the Month to execute batch/batch group	No	No	No	Yes	No
   First Months of the Year to calculate the year beginning and each quarter beginning	No	No	No	No	Yes
   Select Quarters to execute batch/batch group You can select multiple quarters	No	No	No	No	Yes
   Select Days of Quarter: Select the days to execute the batch/batch group. You can select first day, mid day, last day, First N days, or last N days	No	No	No	No	Yes
   No. of Days: If you select first N days or last N days, select the number of days to execute the batch/batch group at the beginning or end of the selected quarter	No	No	No	No	Yes

   Note:

   For Cron Expression based scheduling, enter the required Cron expression.
5. Click Exclude Tasks to add/remove tasks from the execution list.
6. Click Hold Tasks to pause/release tasks during execution.
7. Click Edit Parameters to modify the dynamic parameters.
8. Click Schedule to add the new schedule for execution.
   You can set pre conditions to process batch groups. When a batch group has an associated pre condition, the execution schedule will not be considered for processing.
9. To manage schedules associated with a specific batch, follow these steps:
   1. In the Select Batch page, select Batch and select the Batch Name to view the associated schedules
   2. Click View Schedule to access the list of all the schedules associated with the batch. You can perform the following tasks:
   • Click Edit to modify the schedule.
   • Click Pause and enter the Start Date and End Date to pause the schedule from execution. Click Add to apply the pause.

     To remove the pause, click Delete next to the specific pause.