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Schedule a Job

Using the APM Connect Administration Center, you can extract items from the EAM source systems to create and update records in GE Digital APM. While you can run a Job any time you want to extract new or updated items from the EAM source by executing a Run-Now Job, you will probably want to schedule the items to be extracted automatically based on the schedule parameters. This method ensures synchronization between your EAM database and your GE Digital APM database. This topic describes how to schedule a recurring Job in the APM Connect Administration Center.

Note: You cannot run two Jobs of the same kind at the same time. For example, you cannot run two Equipment Jobs at the same time.

Before You Begin

Before you can schedule a Job, you must complete the following:

• Ensure that a Job is imported in the Job Conductor.
• Apply the filter parameters for the Job you want to execute in the context file.

Steps

1. From the Menu pane, in the Conductor section, select Job Conductor.

   The Job Conductor pane appears, displaying the Jobs that can be executed.

2. Select the Job you want to schedule.

   Note: If the Job you want to execute is not in the workspace, you must import the Job into the Job Conductor.

3. At the bottom of the Job Conductor workspace, select Triggers.

   The Triggers section appears.

   

4. In the Triggers section, select Add trigger.

   A drop-down menu appears, displaying the options for the types of triggers you can add.

   

   The following trigger is applicable to APM Connect data extractions:

   • CRON trigger: A time-based trigger that generates the Job and executes it multiple times at a specified date and time. Cron Trigger is most widely used because it allows the user to set the repetition of execution with more accuracy. For example, a Cron trigger can be set in such a way that it is executed every 10 minutes starting from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. on every Friday in January, March, August, and December in the year 2015.

5. Select the Add CRON trigger button.

   The Add CRON trigger section appears on the right side of the page.

6. Enter the trigger details using the following guidelines:

   • Label: Enter a name for the trigger.
   • Description: Enter a description for the trigger.
   • Time zone strategy: Select JobServer time.
   • Minutes: Enter the time interval (in minutes) after which the execution needs to be repeated.
   • Hours: Enter the time (in hours) when the execution should begin.
   • Days of month: Enter the days of the month on which the Job should be executed.
   • Months: Enter the months during which the Job should be executed.
   • Days of week: Enter the days of the week on which the Job should be executed.
   • Years: Enter the year during which the Job should be executed.

7. Select Save.

   The new trigger is created and appears in the Triggers section.

   The Job is scheduled.

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