Database refresh dependency for iBot

Question

I have an iBot which uses a conditional request which checks if the database refresh is complete. All this does is that the report does not run. How do I make it such that the iBot keeps trying until the database refresh is over & once the refresh is over, it does not run again.
Thanks,
Dinesh.

Answer 1

I had a similar requirement, send an email once a day, as soon as something is ready, but then once it has run once, then dont send it again.
I created a REPOS variable and pulled in the date from the ibot job table as follows :
select max(convert(DATETIME,left(END_TS,11),102)) "DATE"
from
S_NQ_INSTANCE I,
S_NQ_JOB J
WHERE
J.JOB_ID = I.JOB_ID AND
J.NAME = 'ibot_last_run_date' and
I.EXIT_CODE > 0
Then build an answers request to return a row when this variable value is less than today. That should do it (works for me).
My Repos variable refreshes every 10 mins, the ibot is polling every 10 mins on an off-set schedule.
Only one ibot is run daily, and it runs within 10 mins of the data being ready.