Scheduling a filter to run only once a day

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to build a filter running once every day, so far i am using "scheduledSystemEvent" which executes the filter every 5 mins.
I tried doing this via "CustomScheduleEvnet" also but did not have any luck with it.
Following is the snap shot of the table that i am mergin with the IdcScheduledSystemEvents
<td>CustomDailyEvent</td>
<td>CustomDailyEventInterval</td>
<td><$include dailyEvent$></td>
<td>inDays</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>ScheduledWork</td>
Your any pointers will be hightly appriciated.
many thanks,
sapan

Answer 1

Hey sapan,
The quick and dirty way I've done this before is with a java filter hooked into "checkScheduledEvents" (emphasis on "quick and dirty"). Example below:
     public int doFilter(Workspace ws, DataBinder binder, ExecutionContext cxt)
               throws DataException, ServiceException
          try
               //sleep to make sure the server is completely initialized
               Thread.sleep(30000);
          catch(Exception e)
          //get last time the filter was run
          String lastRunString = SharedObjects.getEnvironmentValue("customProccessLastRunTime");
          long lastRunMillis = 0;
          //handle case were the server has been restarted and the environment value is empty
          if(lastRunString != null && lastRunString.length() > 0)
               lastRunMillis = Long.parseLong(lastRunString);     
          //if it has been a day since the last check,
          //run the queries to check that the contract files have their workflow flag synced
          Date now = new Date();
          long nowMillis = now.getTime();
          if((nowMillis - lastRunMillis) > 86400000)
//do daily processing here
               //update last run time
               SharedObjects.putEnvironmentValue("customProccessLastRunTime", ""+nowMillis);
Hope that helps,
Andy Weaver - Software Consultant
Fishbowl Solutions < http://www.fishbowlsolutions.com?WT.mc_id=L_Oracle_Consulting_amw >