General

The General screen displays basic information about this task record, including the name, the expiration date and time, and next scheduled date and time the task is to be run. Click on the Schedule section button to view the details on the scheduled running cycle of the task. If this task is related to badges, the Configuration section button is also available for set up.

Depending on the page displayed, the following fields may be available. Click on the link to navigate to the description. Active Configuration Created By Expiration Date/Expiration Time File Pattern File Share Name Next Execution Date/Next Execution Time Process Definition Code Timeout (Minutes) Run Task

Active

Indicates whether this scheduled task record is active (Yes/No).

Configuration

The badge configuration option that is to be used when running this scheduled task.

Created By

Name of the user who created this task record. This information is automatically entered by the system.

Expiration Date/Expiration Time

Depending on the field, the calendar date or the time of day when this task is no longer active, if applicable. If this task is to continue to run indefinitely, do not enter values in the Expiration Date and Expiration Time fields.

File Pattern

Determines which files should be processed for the specific download. If the exact file name is known, that can be entered. If the exact file name is not known, or if there are multiple files, a regular expression search pattern can be entered. For example, "^EmpDown$" processes only the file name EmpDown, while "\.txt$" processes all files with a ".txt" extension. The file pattern should be set to "^" to indicate all files in the folder.

File Share

The name of an existing file share location, where this record should be created.

Name

The short name or abbreviation identifying this scheduled task record.

Next Execution Date/Next Execution Time

Depending on the field, the calendar date or time of day that this task is next scheduled to run. This information is determined by the system (based on information set up in the Schedule tab) and is not editable.

Process Definition Code

The predefined processing that is to be scheduled through this wizard. The options are available in the Field Look Up Values in the right pane.

Timeout (Minutes)

Determines how long a task may run on the agent subsystem before it is marked as timed out on the request history table. The task will continue to run on the agent subsystem after that time is reached.

This feature is used to mark the request as timed out so that other processes that are waiting for it can continue. For example, the Close Pay Period cannot go through if there are any downloads in progress. Users may subscribe to a notification in the system to receive an email or portal message that a timeout has occurred.

Run Task

The Run Task button allows you to immediately run a scheduled task, regardless of the created schedule. This is helpful for troubleshooting and testing.