AX1350
Scheduler Process Step
The Scheduler Process Step is intended to be used for steps where you want to run a Scheduler job as part of the process. Unlike other step types, the Scheduler Process Step is an automated step, meaning that no user intervention is required to run the Scheduler job or to complete the step (assuming no errors occur).
Process behavior
When the Scheduler Process Step is made active, Axiom will automatically place the job in the Scheduler queue for immediate processing (pending Scheduler thread availability). If the processing completes successfully, then the step is automatically marked as complete and the process continues to the next step. Any notifications defined in the job are honored; no additional notifications are sent.
If the job experiences any errors, or if Axiom is unable to schedule the job for some reason, then the step is effectively stalled. However, unlike other stalled steps, if this occurs the assigned user has several options available in the Process task pane to attempt to resolve the issue:
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View job results: The user can view the job results to troubleshoot the issue. However, note that the user must have the Scheduled Jobs User permission and at least read-only access to the job in order to view the job results.
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Restart scheduled job: This option places the job in the Scheduler queue to be run again. This assumes that the error was the result of some temporary issue which no longer applies, or that the underlying issue has been addressed and the job is now expected to complete without error.
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Mark step as complete: This option can be used to ignore the job error and manually complete the step. This may be appropriate for situations where the job completed with partial success which is sufficient to consider the step complete, or for cases where the step owner or an administrator ran the Scheduler job or related utility manually as part of troubleshooting the original issue, so the job does not need to be run again as part of processing this step.
Step-specific settings
When configuring a Scheduler Process Step, complete the following settings in addition to the general step settings:
| Item | Description |
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Selected Scheduler Job |
The Scheduler job to associate with this step. Click the folder icon to select the job. |
Although the step is automated, you must still specify an assigned user for the step. The job will run using the permissions of the assigned user. The assigned user is not required to have any access to Scheduler or to the specified job, although ideally the user will have this level of permissions in order to troubleshoot the job results if any errors occur.
