- Before creating a trigger, user will need to have an existing job that is working perfectly.
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When a working job is available, create a trigger by right-clicking on a filesystem
or folder,select
AddthenTrigger. - In the Trigger Wizard, enter a unique name for the trigger and select the job to be run as seen in Figure 5.4, “Trigger Wizard”. If the job requires parameters to be entered, it will be done in this page of the wizard.
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The next page of the Trigger Wizard is used to configure the schedule of the trigger,
setting the time and frequency the trigger will run, like in
Figure 5.5, “Job Schedule”. To run the trigger on every
Monday of the month, select
monthlyfrom the drop down list. ForJob fire time:, enter the time the trigger should run on every Monday of the month. ForMonths, enter * to imply all months. Else, click onSelectand select the months respectively. Then, select the second radio button and selectFirstfor the first drop down list andMonfor the second drop down list. -
The following page of the wizard allows the user to configure the active period of
the trigger. If the trigger needs to run forever, select the checkboxes at
NowandNeverat . Else, select configure the starting and ending time respectively. - The Trigger Calendar page is for users to load the calendar file, explicitly excluding particular dates. However, this is not compulsory. Users can continue without defining a calendar file.
- Misfire Configuration page is on the next page. This is to let the trigger know what to do when a misfire occurs.
- Last but not least, the Security page which is exactly the same for all elements in Repertoire Designer and Repertoire Remote Designer.
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Clicking on
Finishwill complete the creation process. - This trigger will now run at 8a.m. on every first Monday of each month, never ending.
This trigger is very similar to the one in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 3 in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- In step 4 of the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”, the configurations are done for every first Monday of the day. For now, it needs to be changed to every last Friday of the month. Simply, change First to Last and Mon to Fri in the dropdown list respectively, like in Figure 5.6, “Every Last Friday Of The Month”.
- The rest of the steps will be similar to the ones mentioned in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”, from step 5 onwards.
- This trigger will now run at 8a.m. on every last Friday of the month, forever.
In this example, it is assumed that there are 5 working days in a week, which implies Monday to Friday.
- Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 3 in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- In order to configure the trigger to run on every last working day of the month, change the settings to according to Figure 5.7, “Every Last Working Day Of The Month”.
- Follow step 5 to 9 mentioned in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- When created successfully, the trigger will run on every last working day of the month forever. If user decides not to run this trigger forever, it can be configured in the Trigger wizard.
- Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 3 in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- In order to configure the trigger to run on the last working day of each quarter, change the settings as shown in Figure 5.8, “Every Last Working Day Of The Quarter”.
- Follow step 5 to 9 mentioned in the section called “Trigger On The First Monday Of The Month”.
- When the configurations are done correctly and saved, this trigger will run on every last working day of each quarter.
