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Navin Most servers (and PC's) can schedule jobs. that's where these things are made for. Frank
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On most platforms including Linux, Unix, Windows, and MVS WF FEXs can execute OS commands ( or batch jobs/scripts) so it would follow that if you havea scheduled fex that makes OS calls, this could be done. However, as Frank mentions, these platforms all have their own schedulers that already work at or near OS level. That's going to be much more reliable than RC. Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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Frank and Darin Thanks for your comments. But i have a requirement where in i need to customize the REPORTCASTER as the default Scheduler tool for NON-WEBFOCUS applications. I am asked to do a study on that . Can you make me clear whether i can schedule non-fex related jobs (something that cant be executed via fex code). ?? | ||
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Like I mentioned previously, a FEX can execute OS commands, batch jobs, scripts, etc. This will work for scheduling non WF procedures, but I think your asking for trouble as I have found RC to be only about 80% - 90% reliable. It can schedule anything that has a .FEX extension (server procedure or MRE procedure), the distribution of a URL content, or distribution of a file. It will not schedule other procedures that are NOT part of a FEX file. If you're having to schedule other non-webfocus tasks, they are probably important enough to not trust them to RC. Yes, RC does scheduling, but I would NOT include it in a list of scheduler tools. Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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Navin, Just to add to and clarify a little of what Frank and Darin are saying, Report Caster is VERY good at doing what it was intended to do (Execute focexecs). Reliability in this area is over 99.5% in my experience. If you want to use it for pre- and post - execution procedures that copy, move, delete, rename, or ftp files, it is a wonderful solution (I had a RC server run for 3 years flawlessly doing exactly this). If on the other hand you are expecting it to launch other applications (Winrunner, backup, MS app macros, etc.), it is the WRONG application. Hope this helps, Kevin WF 7.6.10 / WIN-AIX | |||
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