Practice: SubSchedules

Objective

To use a Resource to prevent multiple Container jobs from kicking off at the same time.

Instructions

Create Resource

1. In Library > Administration, select Resources.
2. Click the Add button.
3. In the Resource pop-up window:

• Provide a Name for the Resource.
• In the Description field, enter some documentation.
• In the Max Resources field, enter 1.
• Save.

4. Click Back

Create Primary Schedule

5. In Library > Administration, select on Master Schedules.
6. Click the Add button.
7. Provide a Name for the Schedule.

• In the Documentation field, enter some documentation
• Save.

Create the Sub-Schedule

8. In Library > Administration, select on Master Schedules.
9. Click the Add button.
10. On Master Schedule Definition screen:

• Provide a Name for the SubSchedule.
• In the Schedule Settings frame, mark the SubSchedule checkbox.
• Click the Save button.

Create Container Jobs

11. In Library > Administration, select on Master Schedules.
12. Select the Process Files Schedule.
13. Select View.
14. Select Add Job in the side menu.
15. On the Master Job Definition screen create a Container Job:

• Provide a Name for the Container Job.
• In the Job Type dropdown, select Container.
• On the Master SubSchedule dropdown, select the newly created Subschedule.
• Click the Save button.
• Click the Lock icon in the upper right-hand corner.
• Scroll to and expand the Frequency box.
• Select or Create a desired Frequency.
• In the Add Resource Dependency section select the previously created Resource
• Enter the value of 1 and Save.
• Click Save.

16. Utilizing the Copy feature, copy the first Job until you have 5 new Jobs with a similar naming convention.

Build the Schedule

20. In Operations, build the Primary Schedule released for today and check the results.

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