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Majid Jeddi
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Hi,

Using a Java programs and the IBI API, I am scheduling some some jobs which call some fex files and send the result to the printer.
I am surprise to see that Job1 which scheduled before job2 prints after job2 thus the documents are coming in un-expected order.
Is there a way or a parameter that would control the order of these jobs.

Regards

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GinnyJakes
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Since you can't do dependencies in Report Caster as is and job2 runs faster than job1, then you will always have that problem. If job1 could write a completion flag that your java program could check before firing off job2, or your java program could check the RC log for completion of job1 before firing off job2, those could be possible solutions for you.

I am currently in the midst of evaluating a 3rd party scheduler to do event-based dependencies for Report Caster jobs.

Good luck! And please post your successes and failures here as I would be most interested.


Ginny
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susannah
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say,
if i run a RC schedule that has 2 tasks, the 2nd task doesn't kick off until the 1st task is done. Is that what you mean by 'dependencies' Ginny? or am i missing something..

i use the technique Ginny mentions, as well.
I check for a condition (some file existing or not) and if not then I loop thru a SLEEP command

-TOPLOOP
-IF some condition GOTO TO PROCEED;
SLEEP 600 (that's 10 minutes)
-RUN
-GOTO TOPLOOP ;
-PROCEED



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Doug
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I have two questions on this:
1) Majid Jeddi: What version are you using?
2) When did SLEEP come into play, 769?
 
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GamP
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It might be that the print for job 1 is much larger than job 2. The printer (driver) may decide to print the smaller job first.
Susannah solutions to this is to wait a certain amount of time between both jobs, to be sure that the print is done.
Sleep is a command that has been around for ages - I seem to recall it going back to the eda 3 releases, although I'm not quite sure about that. It is a focus command.


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GinnyJakes
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Susannah, I meant two separate jobs or a job that is dependent on the completion of a process on another platform like the mainframe. We currently have a flag process on another user development platform that works with a home-grown FOCUS-based scheduler. The WebFOCUS platform came along a bit later so doesn't participate in the flag process.

There is also a 3rd user development environment (Microsoft .NET) so there is a need for a 3rd party scheduler. The one we are looking at has a file trigger mechanism such that we wouldn't have to do a loop in the RC process. The RC job would run when the flag file showed up. A work in progress ...


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susannah
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ah.
cool.



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Majid Jeddi
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Hi

Reply to GinnyJakes,

I think you are right. I will be running into this issue all the time unless i modifiy my java program to check if the job1 has finished or no to schedule the second one.

Answer to Doug

We are running 7.6.5 in production.

Reply to susannah,

No each schedule has only one Task.

Regards

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