Schedule jobs with cron expressions

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The following are different ways to trigger OCP jobs:

Trigger the job by another part of the app, like a form.

Use a cron expression to run the job periodically on a given schedule.

Use the following opti-cli command:

opti jobs trigger <appId> <jobName> <trackerId>

Schedule jobs with cron expressions

Use the cron property in the app manifest file (app.yml) to schedule the regular execution of a job. The property uses quartz cron format.

Examples

Expression	Description
- - ? *	Every second.
0 _ ? _	Every minute.
0 /2 ? * *	Every even minute.
0 /2 ? * *	Every two minutes.
0 /5 ? * *	Every five minutes.
0 /10 ? * *	Every 10 minutes.
0 /15 ? * *	Every 15 minutes.
0 /30 ? * *	Every 30 minutes.
0 15,30,45 ? *	Every hour at minutes 15, 30, and 45.
0 0 /2 ? *	Every hour.
0 0 0/2 ? * *	Every even hour.
0 0 /12 ? *	Every 12 hours.
0 0 12 * * ?	Every day at noon - 12pm.
0 0 12 ? *	SUN Every Sunday at noon.

To build your own cron expression, you can use a free formatter.

The following is an example of a YAML configuration:

jobs:
  nightly_import:
    entry_point: NightlyImport
    # runs at midnight every night
    cron: 0 0 0 ? * *
    description: Performs a nightly import for data that is not provided or needed in real time