Schedule operation in the Pineapple web application

Requirements

No requirements.

Steps

To schedule an operation:

  • Click on the Scheduling tab.
  • Click the Create button.
  • Add a job name. Must be unique.
  • Select the module to schedule execution of.
  • Select the model (i.e. environment) within the module to schedule execution of.
  • Select the operation to execute.
  • Define a scheduling expression to set the frequency for execution.
  • Add a human readable description.
  • Click Confirm.

Result

The result after executing the steps are:

  • A scheduled operation has been created and can be seen in the Scheduling tab.
  • The scheduled operation has been saved to disk in the configuration file PINEAPPLE_HOME/conf/scheduled-operations.xml The next time Pineapple is started the operation will be reloaded and scheduled again.
  • Every time the operation is executed then a report will be created and can accessed in the Reports tab.