How to create a Scheduler which can execute a custom class daily once in Windchill ?

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February 15, 2018
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Hi,

Right now we are fetching modified attribute values and we make a report daily once.

for now we are using CRON job script for executing the custom class on daily basis.

Is any way in Windchill to do same thing without using CRON job.

Is any way in Windchill, so i can execute a program in Windchill on daily basis without user interpretation ?

Regards,

Vivek

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Florent_274366

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Hi Vivek,

you can create your own scheduled queue (wt.queue.ScheduleQueue).

sheduleQueue = QueueHelper.manager.createScheduleQueue(name).

sheduleQueue.addEntry(....)

Florent

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vuchekar

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Hello Florent,

Thanks for your response.

will you please explain this little more so i can pickup this fast.

Regards,

Vivek

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Florent_274366

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I recommend you to have a look on the customizer guide and the JavaDoc API.

Basically, you need to create a scheduleQueue using the method

public static ScheduleQueue newScheduleQueue(String name)

And add schedule task in this queue, using this method:

public ScheduleQueueEntry addEntry(WTPrincipal princ,
 String t_method,
 String t_class,
 Class[] arg_types,
 Object[] args,
 Timestamp sched_time)

The method and class arguments specify the public static method you have implemented, arg_types and args are the arguments for the method, and finally the sched_time for the task itself.

You'll likely have to schedule the next task in your custom method.

Florent

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d_graham

18-Opal

Vivek,

We had the drive that stores the content files get fill up because the responsible party had never run “Remove Unreferenced File”. As a result the user’s could not upload files.

What I did to keep this from ever happening again is to write a batch file that runs the OOTB Remove Unreferenced Files Java tool and then using Windows Task scheduled the batch file to run once a month on the server where the vaults reside.

Works great.

Just thought I’d throw that out as another way to schedule any class to run on Windchill at regular intervals.

David