Alternate way to Schedule a Job

Hi,
I don't have permission to schedule a Shell job in crontab. Is there any alternate way to schedule a job in linux server.
Thanks,
Aravindh K

1. ask for permission
2. write a script with an endless loop
while true
/path/to/script.sh
sleep 3600 #=1h
donehth
i'm sure there are more ways to do that

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Satish: your suggestion looks great. Do you have, or know of, any examples where that is used, though? The doco you pointed to says the parameter raises an event, but that it's up to my event handler to deal with it. I wouldn't have the first idea of how to deal with this in code myself. If I could see a simple example, it would help a lot! Unfortunately, that page doesn't contain such an example!

What is the best way to schedule a job for PI interface?

Hi,
I have this PI scenario to implement.
Every day, something (?) needs to trigger PI to call RFC function, get the data and insert it to database.
What is the best practice to schedule such a job in PI?
I want to know best practice to trigger PI interface and how to schedule it.
Also, do I have to use BPM for this?
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-Won
Edited by: WON HWANG on Sep 10, 2010 11:21 PM

Hi Won,
it depends a bit on the scenario that needs to be implemented. I will try to go point by point and give you the options
1. You will need to send a message to PI
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     - You will need to write an ABAP program that sends this message (calling the proxy client).
     - You can schedule this program in a job (SM37).
     - If users want control over the job, better schedule it in ECC; if only you or an administrator will control the job, you can do it in PI
     - I would use a generic format which you can reuse to trigger other interfaces: From- and To-date, Context, Action, User
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2. You will need a BPM process in PI
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Scheduling Background Jobs at SAP Level is a very simple task. Is there any way to schedule background jobs at OS level? Please lemme ASAP....
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Hi Rhishabh,
Actually we can not completely schedule background at OSLevel but we can trigger a background job which has alreadyscheduled by using sapevt tool syntax as follows.
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I want to know the best way to schedule a job using Apex:
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- DBMS_SCHEDULER?
- Build a wrapper?.
- Any other thing i am not aware of?-
Could an example be to much to ask?
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Hi Luis,
Apex already provides you an built-in wrapper to dbms_scheduler, so you don't have to do.
You should use this http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23903_01/doc/doc.41/e21676/apex_plsql_job.htm#AEAPI1203
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I'm talking about functional tests.
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There is a way.
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I am not sure if this would be the right approach. But if you are really sure that there is no way to do this using SM36 settings,
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I have a requirement where i need to schedule the job to run every 30 mins for 10 am to 10 pm. I ran into problems using odi schedular. Let me tell you what i did..
i have chosen the active mode between 10 am to 10 pm
selected on startup/simple.
and on the repetitions tab selected many times with 30 mins duration.
the problem was-----
a)it was not stopping at 10 pm but continues after 10 pm
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looking for---
a solution that runs my scenario every 30 mins from 10 am to 10 pm without using the schedular...which i cannot trust.
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Venkat,
Here is an alternate solution that i can think of:
create a package with the following components:
Variable(Refresh) -> OK -> Execute StartScen(YourJob) in Asynchronous mode -> odiSleep(30 mins) -> Loop to Variable Refresh
Variable (Refresh) -> KO -> odiSleep(30 mins) {if the refresh of the variable fails to get any value then skip the Job execution}
The Refresh query should be
select 1 from dual where to_char(sysdate, 'hh24mi') between '1000' and '2200'

How to: Schedule a job to run on the first business day of the month

In Oracle 10.2.0.3, is there a way to schedule a repeating job to run on the first business day of the month? For example, if the first of the month falls on a weekend (such as Saturday, 11/01/2008), I would like the job to run automatically on Monday (for example, 11/03/2008) instead.

set serveroutput on
begin
print_dates('FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI;BYSETPOS=1;',
      to_timestamp_tz('01-JAN-2008 12:00:00','DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 12);
end;
Gives:
TUE 01-JAN-2008 (001-01) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
FRI 01-FEB-2008 (032-05) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
MON 03-MAR-2008 (063-10) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
TUE 01-APR-2008 (092-14) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
THU 01-MAY-2008 (122-18) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
MON 02-JUN-2008 (154-23) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
TUE 01-JUL-2008 (183-27) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
FRI 01-AUG-2008 (214-31) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
MON 01-SEP-2008 (245-36) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
WED 01-OCT-2008 (275-40) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
MON 03-NOV-2008 (308-45) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
MON 01-DEC-2008 (336-49) 12:00:00 -07:00 -07:00
and the print_dates function is (10.2):
create or replace procedure print_dates
cal_string in varchar2,
start_date in timestamp with time zone,
nr_of_dates in pls_integer
is
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next_execution_date timestamp with time zone;
begin
dbms_output.put_line(' -->');
for i in 1 .. nr_of_dates
loop
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     (cal_string, start_date, date_after, next_execution_date);
    dbms_output.put_line(to_char(next_execution_date,
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    date_after := next_execution_date;
end loop;
end;
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When you enter transaction CG36, you need to select a User Exist (EHS_DXSDB). After that you need to define a file path.
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Roy Derks

Hello Roy
I am sorry. To my knowledge up to ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 there is no SAP EH&S process available there you can do what you are requesting. The "problem" is that you need to "answer" the user dialog. Therefore you can not generate/prepare a variant which could be processed as a job according to my knowledge.
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With best regards
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How to schedule a job every 10 minutes from 07 to 19 from Monday to Friday

Hi,
I would like to schedule a job in a way that runs every 10 minutes starting from 07 up to 19 from Monday to Friday
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Oracle rdbms 10.2.0.4

Off the top of my head :
begin
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   job_type=>'STORED_PROCEDURE', enabled=>TRUE);
end;
/Best Regards
mseberg

How to schedule a Job in SAP DS ?

AFAIK, a SAP data services job is an ATL (i.e XML) file/code. How do we schedule this code to run automatically ? What runs it ?
In SSIS, Job = Package and it can be scheduled as a *job* in SQL server Agent. The agent runs it as per your schedule. So,
is there some kind of server which executes the code in the ATL file ?

Hi Terry,
There are three ways you can manage batch job schedules
1. Using the job scheduler
When you schedule batch jobs using the SAP Business Objects Data Services job scheduler, it creates an entry in the operating system's scheduling utility on the Job Server computer. Windows uses the Task Scheduler and UNIX systems use the CRON utility. (Note that if you make changes to a schedule directly through these utilities, the job scheduler will not reflect those changes.)
2. Scheduling jobs in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence platform
If you are using SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence platform and you want to manage your
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Central Management Server (CMS), then configure the schedule to use that server.
3. Using a third-party scheduler
When you schedule jobs using third-party software:
• The job initiates outside of SAP Business Objects Data Services.
• The job runs from an executable batch file (or shell script for UNIX) exported from SAP Business Objects Data Services.
Note:
When a third-party scheduler invokes a job, the corresponding Job Server must be running.
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How to schedule two jobs from two different work repository at a time?

Hi All,
I have a scenario where I want to schedule two jobs at a time from two work repository.
Explanation:
Master Repository-A
Work Rep-B
Work Rep-C
Now I need to schedule two scenario one from Work rep B and other from Work Rep-C
As we know that odiparams batch file contains the connection details and at one time it can hold only one work repository name.
Odiparams data:
rem Repository Connection Information
rem
set ODI_SECU_DRIVER=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
set ODI_SECU_URL=jdbc:jdbc:oracle:thin:@10.10.10.10:1521:orcl
set ODI_SECU_USER=odi_snpm
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set ODI_USER=SUPERVISOR
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So If I want to schedule two job, how it is possible?
I tried all possible things but didn't get the proper solution?
Edited by: user10765509 on Jul 21, 2010 4:58 AM

You can do it in the following way
1. copy/paste the original odiparams.bat file
2. give it a name say odiparams_a.bat
3. specify the work repository A related information in odiparams_a.bat
4. Make another copy of odiparams.bat file
5. give it a name say odiparams_b.bat
6 specify the work repository B related information in odiparams_b.bat
7. now make 2 copies of agentscheduler.bat give the name as follows
agentscheduler_a.bat and agentscheduler_b.bat
8. edit agentscheduler_a.bat and change
call "%ODI_HOME%\bin\odiparams.bat"
with
call "%ODI_HOME%\bin\odiparams_a.bat"
9. edit agentscheduler_b.bat and change
call "%ODI_HOME%\bin\odiparams.bat"
with
call "%ODI_HOME%\bin\odiparams_b.bat"
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thanks for your thoughts,
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your job should SMOF_DOWNLOAD can bring new material master if you set up correctly.
as a smart method smof_download is the best way.
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