Maintain Schedules

The SYSPRO Scheduler lets you schedule a pre-determined activity at a given time in the future and then send a trigger for that activity at the appropriate time.

A calendar view (similar to Microsoft Outlook) is accessible from programs that have been designed to use the SYSPRO Scheduler. This lets you view existing tasks that have been scheduled as well as create and maintain schedules using the Maintain Schedules program.

Features currently using the SYSPRO Scheduler:

  • Cycle Count

    This creates a cycle count schedule of stock counting policies.

Exploring

This program is currently accessed from within the Browse on Cycle Counts program:

  • Program List > Inventory > Cycle Counting System > Transaction Processing

    • Selecting either the Add schedule or Maintain schedule function (from the Schedule column of the Browse on Cycle Counts program) opens a calendar view similar to Microsoft Outlook. This enables you to view existing tasks scheduled for cycle counts.
    • From this calendar view, select either the New schedule or Change the schedule options toolbar functions to access the Maintain Schedules program, where you can create a schedule.

Starting

The following configuration options in SYSPRO may affect processing within this program or feature, including whether certain fields and options are accessible.

The Setup Options program lets you configure how SYSPRO behaves across all modules. These settings can affect processing within this program.

Setup Options > System Setup > Reporting

Scheduler authentication

  • User name
  • User password

  • We recommend running the scheduler in a client/server environment when creating schedules in SYSPRO.

    In a client/server environment, Microsoft Windows tasks are created with the Run with highest privileges option enabled, which allows the SYSPRO task to run.

    In a standalone environment, you need to access the Windows Scheduler and enable the Run with highest privileges option manually against the specific SYSPRO task in order for the task to run.

Solving

This message is displayed when you try to save a schedule without having configured the required setup options.

The program requires access to the credentials of a domain user with elevated permissions. This ensures that the Microsoft Windows tasks are created with the Run with highest privileges option enabled.

You need to configure the required credentials from the Reporting System Setup form of the Setup Options program (Setup Options > System Setup > Reporting):

Scheduler authentication

  • User name
  • User password

This message is displayed when you try to save a schedule without having configured the required setup options.

The program requires access to the credentials of a domain user with elevated permissions. This ensures that the Microsoft Windows tasks are created with the Run with highest privileges option enabled.

You need to configure the required credentials from the Reporting System Setup form of the Setup Options program (Setup Options > System Setup > Reporting):

Scheduler authentication

  • User name
  • User password

Referencing

Field Description

Validate

This verifies the entered selections.

Accept and close

This accepts the newly-created schedule and returns to the calendar view screen.

Within the calendar view, you can edit the schedule in the same manner as normal Microsoft Outlook (e.g. fine-tuning it by moving single schedule items manually, if required).

Ensure that you select the Save function within the calendar view (located on the toolbar) to ensure that the schedule is saved.
Field Description
Schedule recurrence

 
Description

This indicates the schedule description.

Start date

This indicates the date on which the schedule must start.

Time

This indicates the time that the schedule must run.

Recurrence

This indicates the frequency of the schedule (i.e. once, daily, weekly, monthly)

Recurrence end

Indicate whether an end date is required for the recurrence.

End date

Enter an end date for the schedule.
Daily

 
Frequency

Indicate how often the schedule must run (e.g. every day or at a specified interval).
Interval

If you indicated that the schedule must run at a specified interval, indicate the number of days (up to 7) between schedule runs.

Weekly

 

Interval

Indicate the number of weeks (up to 5) between schedule runs.
Monthly

 

Day selection

Indicate your preferred day of the month to run the schedule.

Day

Indicate the day of the month that the schedule must run.

Day of week

Indicate the day of the week that the schedule must run.

These options are only available if the Recurrence field is entered as Weekly.

Indicate the days of the week that the schedule must run.

These options are only available if the Recurrence field is entered as Monthly.

Indicate the months of the year that the schedule must run.