Update: As of B1UP 2018.10 the functionality will change. Please read how it will run before and after the change. We make the change to make it more easy to understand and give you more control of the scheduled trigger.
How it works on B1UP 2018.10 and higher:
The schedule will adhere to the start date and time and calculate what next time will be based on what the time would be had the schedule run continuously since the start date.
How it works on B1UP 2018.09 and lower:
If you set up and hourly or minutely schedules the server start time works a little different than for all other schedule types. In this case, the start time is only used to determine the first time a schedule is executed. The schedule will hereafter at the minutely/hourly interval without looking at the start time. In case of a schedule´s start time and the start date is elapsed, the schedule will run instantly and hereafter run at the specified interval from this time.
This means that if you have different schedules of these types there can conflict with each other you need to give them both different start times and different recurrence intervals to lower the chance of the schedules conflicting.
Example 1 of the change (Start 12:00 - 1-hour schedule):
B1UP 2018.09 or lower | B1UP 2018.10 or higher |
12:00 | 12:00 |
13:00 | 13:00 |
Restart 13:23 | Restart 13:23 |
13:24 | 14:00 |
14:24 | 15:00 |
... | ... |
Example 2 of the change (Start 12:00 - Every 5 minutes schedule):
B1UP 2018.09 or lower | B1UP 2018.10 or higher |
12:00 | 12:00 |
12:05 | 12:05 |
Restart 12:07 | Restart 12:07 |
12:08 | 12:10 |
12:13 | 12:30 |
... | ... |
Example 3 of the change (Start 12:30 - Every 3 hours schedule):
B1UP 2018.09 or lower | B1UP 2018.10 or higher |
12:30 | 12:30 |
15:30 | 15:30 |
Restart 15:49 | Restart 15:49 |
15:50 | 18:30 |
18:50 | 21:30 |
... | ... |
FAQ:
Q: I do not like this change. Can I avoid it?
A: No, we do not have a setting that keeps doing it the old way. If you feel like this is a wrong decision please let us know via the support email.
Q: Do I need to do anything once upgraded?
A: No, the change is transparent to the user (Now, it will just work more logically going forward)
Q: What happens if I restart the same minute a schedule was about to trigger?
A: It depends on the timing. Because the restart can take some time (a minute or so) you can technically miss a trigger (Example in scenario 3 if you restart 18:29 the 18:30 trigger might not happen and will first run again 21:30. If this is critical to you we recommend you check if the restart happened in time (before 18:30:00) via the logs and if missed you can run it via the Job-tester).
Q: Is there any changes to the daily, weekly and monthly schedules?
A: No, they function as before
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