B2B Integration 10.5 | Administering and Monitoring B2B Transactions | Managing File Transfers with ActiveTransfer | Administering ActiveTransfer with Command Central | Managing Actions | Adding a Scheduled Action
 
Adding a Scheduled Action
You can define a scheduled action for execution at a specific date and time.
* To add a scheduled action
1. In the navigation pane, select Actions > Scheduled.
2. On the Scheduled actions page, you can do one of the following:
*If you want to create a new action, click .
*If you want to create a new action that is similar to the one that already exists, select an existing action, and click .
3. To define the conditions that trigger the action, specify the following details:
Field
Description
Action name
Type a unique name for the scheduled action.
Description
Type a brief description for the scheduled action.
Active
Click the toggle button to activate () or deactivate () the action.
Schedule settings
Click . In the Configure criteria dialog box, select one of the following options from the list to specify how often ActiveTransfer Server should execute the tasks associated with an action, and click Ok:
*Run once: Specify the Date and Time to execute the task. Click the calendar icon to select a date from the calendar.
*Yearly: Specify a date range, the months, the days within the month, and the time interval you want to execute the task each year.
*Monthly: Specify a date range, the days within the month, and the time interval you want to execute the task each month.
*Weekly: Specify a date range, the days of the week, and the time interval you want to execute the task each week.
*Daily: Specify a date range and the time interval you want to execute the task each day.
*Hourly: Specify a date range and the time interval you want to execute the task each hour.
*Fixed interval: Specify a date range and the time interval that ActiveTransfer Server should wait before executing the next task for a scheduled action.
*Manual: Use the wm.mft.schedule:executeEvent service to execute the tasks defined for this action.
Tasks
Select one or more of the following tasks and define configurations for each of the tasks in the Properties section accordingly:
*File operations
For descriptions of fields for task configurations, see Task Configuration Definitions.
Tip: Click to disable a task. Click to enable a task. By default, a task is enabled when created.
Parallel processing
Enable parallel processing
Select this option if you want to enable parallel processing of files in multiple threads.
Start parallel processing for files after
Select the task after which ActiveTransfer must start parallel processing of files in multiple threads from the list. ActiveTransfer first executes the task you select here, and any other tasks before it, sequentially.
Maximum numer of parallel processes
Type the maximum number (between one and 999) of parallel threads that ActiveTransfer can create to simultaneously process files.
4. Click Add.
The new scheduled action appears in the scheduled actions list.
5. (Optional) Click Test action to test the scheduled action.
Note: You can test only deactivated scheduled actions.
a. In the Test scheduled action dialog box, type the values for the parameters defined in tasks.
b. Click Test action.
Note: If a value for a parameterized numeric field is not provided, then the default value for that specific field is considered for the task execution during runtime.
The test result and a link to view the logs appears. You can do the following:
*Click Click here to view the details of the test execution on the Action log page in a new tab.
*On the Action log page, click to reload the page to view the latest status of test execution.
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