Deletion of KM scheduler Task

Hello All,
I have a a scheduled task in SA>SC>KM>CM>Global services -->Scheduler Task --> <My custom scheduler>.
Now I want to delete the scheduler .
I went through the following forum links
http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=486614&tstart=7950
And
https://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=57900
When I select my <custom scheduler task> and click on "delete" . It say "No <No custom scheduler task > available yet in configuration" .
Where exactly is the scheduler task configuration ?
Kind inputs please.
Regards,
Ronniee.

Hi Ronniee,
To remove the scheduler task completly use the ConfigUninstaller component and remove the config file of your project.
http://<host>:<port>/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.portal.runtime.config.component.ConfigUninstaller
Thanks
Prashant

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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I'm delivering this using Group Policy Preferences. It seems to fail or time out when run because the behavior is different if I run the script from within the PowerShell IDE. I added the parameters to the script and will try it again in the morning.

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Hi All,
I am getting this error while running a custom java schedule task from OIM:
*Thor.API.Exceptions.tcAPIException [EJB:010160] Security Violation: User '<anonymous>' has insufficient permission to access EJB:*
type=<ejb>,application=Xellerate,module=xlDataObjectBeans.jar,ejb=tcReconciliationoperations,method=createDeleteReconciliationEvent
at Thor.API.Operations.tcReconciliationOperationsClient.createDeleteReconciliationEvent(UnKnown Source).
I got this error as soon as my code start creating Delete Reconciliation Event.
Note: I have already protected the JNDI Namespace.
Please provide some pointers.
Regards,
Sunny

Hi Rajiv,
Check this:
package com.centrica.iam.scheduletask;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
import oracle.iam.connectors.common.ConnectorLogger;
import com.thortech.xl.dataaccess.tcDataSet;
import com.thortech.xl.dataaccess.tcDataSetException;
import com.thortech.xl.dataobj.PreparedStatementUtil;
import com.thortech.xl.orb.dataaccess.tcDataAccessException;
import com.thortech.xl.scheduler.tasks.SchedulerBaseTask;
import Thor.API.tcResultSet;
import Thor.API.Exceptions.tcAPIException;
import Thor.API.Exceptions.tcInvalidValueException;
import Thor.API.Operations.tcLookupOperationsIntf;
import Thor.API.Operations.tcReconciliationOperationsIntf;
import Thor.API.Operations.tcSchedulerOperationsIntf;
public class CustomFlatFile extends SchedulerBaseTask {
     private static tcSchedulerOperationsIntf schedulerIntf;
     private static tcLookupOperationsIntf lookupIntf;
     private static tcReconciliationOperationsIntf reconIntf;
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     String LookupName;
     String LookupName2;
     String FileDirectory;
     String FileName;
     String File;
     String delimeter;
     String isDeleteTrue;
     HashMap<String, String> attrMap = new HashMap();
     HashMap<String, String> delMap = new HashMap();
     HashMap<String, String> finalMap = new HashMap();
     ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
     public boolean isReconStopped;
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          LookupName = getAttribute("Attribute Lookup Name");
          FileDirectory = getAttribute("Directory Path");
          FileName = getAttribute("File Name");
          delimeter = getAttribute("Delimeter");
          sObjectName = getAttribute("Resource Object Name");
          isDeleteTrue = getAttribute("Is Delete Allowed");
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               lookupIntf = (tcLookupOperationsIntf)getUtility("Thor.API.Operations.tcLookupOperationsIntf");
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                    tcapiexception.printStackTrace();
                    //logger.error(classname, s, tcapiexception.toString());
                    //logger.setStackTrace(tcapiexception, classname, s, tcapiexception.getMessage());
               catch (Exception excep){
                    excep.printStackTrace();
                    //logger.error(classname, s, excep.toString());
                    //logger.setStackTrace(excep, classname, s, excep.getMessage());
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               System.out.println(attrMap.toString());
               readFile();
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          try
               Thread.sleep(15000);
     /*     Hashtable ahashtable[] = new Hashtable[k];
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               hashtable.put("User Id", list.get(i));
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               tcDataSet tcdataset = new tcDataSet();
               tcDataSet tcdataset1 = new tcDataSet();
               String query = "select orf.orf_fieldname,prf.prf_columnname, sdk.sdk_name from orf, sdk, pkg, tos, prf, obj " +
                         "where pkg.obj_key = obj.obj_key and pkg.pkg_key = tos.pkg_key and tos.sdk_key is not null " +
                         "and tos.sdk_key=sdk.sdk_key and tos.tos_key=prf.tos_key and prf.prf_iskey='1' and prf.orf_key=orf.orf_key " +
                         "and orf.orf_parent_orf_key is null and obj.obj_name='" + sObjectName + "'";
               tcdataset.setQuery(getDataBase(), query);
               tcdataset.executeQuery();
               String FFName = tcdataset.getString("prf_columnname");
               String FName = tcdataset.getString("sdk_name");
               String ROFName = tcdataset.getString("orf_fieldname");
               System.out.println("form- " + FName + " Field- " + FFName);
               query = "select " + FFName + " from " + FName + " udtable, oiu a, ost b " +
                         "where udtable.orc_key=a.orc_key and a.ost_key=b.ost_key and b.ost_status!='Revoked'";
               System.out.println(query);
               tcdataset1.setQuery(getDataBase(), query);
               tcdataset1.executeQuery();
               int i = tcdataset1.getRowCount();
               ArrayList list1 = new ArrayList();
               String s1 = null;
               System.out.println("N. of rows--" + i);
               for (int j=0;j<i;j++)
                    tcdataset1.goToRow(j);
                    s1 = tcdataset1.getString(0);
                    System.out.println("s1---" + s1);
                    if (!(list.contains(s1)))
                         list1.add(s1);
                         System.out.println("under if--" + s1);
               //Getting the existing list of unmanaged users
               query = "select distinct (b.rcd_value) from rce a, rcd b, orf c, obj d where a.rce_key=b.rce_key and " +
                         "b.orf_key=c.orf_key and c.orf_fieldname='" + ROFName + "' and a.rce_status!='Event Linked' " +
                                   "and a.obj_key = d.obj_key and d.obj_name='" + sObjectName + "'";
               tcdataset1.setQuery(getDataBase(), query);
               tcdataset1.executeQuery();
               i = tcdataset1.getRowCount();
               System.out.println("No. Of Unmanaged Users " + i);
               for (int j=0;j<i;j++)
                    tcdataset1.goToRow(j);
                    s1 = tcdataset1.getString(0);
                    System.out.println("s1---" + s1);
                    if (!(list.contains(s1)))
                         list1.add(s1);
                         System.out.println("under if--" + s1);
               int k1 = list1.size();
               System.out.println("list1 size--" + k1);
               for (int j1=0;j1<k1;j1++)
                    delMap.clear();
                    delMap.put(ROFName, (String)list1.get(j1));
                    System.out.println(delMap.toString());
                    long l = reconIntf.createDeleteReconciliationEvent(sObjectName, delMap);
                    System.out.println("delete recon key--- " + l);
          catch (Exception exception)
               exception.printStackTrace();
     public void readFile(){
          String s = "readFile()";
          //logger.setMethodStartLog(classname, s);
          HashMap map = new HashMap();
          try {
          File = getFile();
          BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new
                    File(File)));
          String line = "";
          int k = attrMap.size();
          String value[] = new String[k];
          String Header[]= new String[k];
          if (delimeter.equalsIgnoreCase("|"))
               delimeter = "\\" + delimeter;
               line = reader.readLine();
               Header = line.split(delimeter);
               while((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
                    value = line.split(delimeter);
                    k = value.length;
                    for (int i = 0;i<k;i++){
                         finalMap.put(attrMap.get(Header), value[i]);
                    System.out.println(finalMap.toString());
                    System.out.println("Start Ignoring Event");
                    if (!(reconIntf.ignoreEvent(sObjectName, finalMap)))
                         System.out.println("Not Ignored");
                    long l1 = reconIntf.createReconciliationEvent(sObjectName, finalMap, true);
                    System.out.println("Recon Key--" + l1);
                    else
                         System.out.println("ignore event ---" + finalMap.toString());
                    list.add(finalMap.get("User Id"));
                    System.out.println(list.size() + "add--" +finalMap.get("User Id") );
                    finalMap.clear();
          catch (Exception exception)
               exception.printStackTrace();
     public boolean stop(){
          String s = "stop()";
          //logger.setMethodStartLog(classname, s);
          //logger.info(classname, s, "Stopping Reconciliation........");
          isReconStopped = true;
          //logger.setMethodFinishLog(classname, s);
          return true;
     FileFilter fileFilter = new FileFilter()
     public boolean accept(File file)
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     if( sFilePath.startsWith(FileName) )
     return true;
     else
     return false;
     public String getFile() throws FileNotFoundException, Exception{
          String s = "getFile()";
          //logger.setMethodStartLog(classname, s);
          String s1;
          File dir =     new File(FileDirectory);
          File[] files = dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
          if (files.length ==0)
               throw new FileNotFoundException();
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          s1 = files[0].toString();
          //logger.setMethodFinishLog(classname, s);
          return s1;
     public HashMap readLookup(String s1){
          String s = "readLookup()";
          //logger.setMethodStartLog(classname, s);
          HashMap map = new HashMap();
          try {
          tcResultSet tc1=     lookupIntf.getLookupValues(s1);
          int i = tc1.getRowCount();
          for (int j = 0;j<i;j++){
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               tcapiexception.printStackTrace();
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               //logger.setStackTrace(tcapiexception, classname, s, tcapiexception.getMessage());
          catch (Exception excep){
               excep.printStackTrace();
               //logger.error(classname, s, excep.toString());
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