Greetings, The scheduler will do this queuing - but the scripts all need to be within the same project to do so.
There is a way to have scripts communicate with each other. And the example listed below describes how to use this ability to have one project schedule scripts in other projects. http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/script_center/script_detail s.aspx?id=150&cat=3 The requests for a scheduler that is both external and smart have not gone unnoticed! Regards, Thom Thom C. Blackwell Product Manager Boston Software Systems (866) 653-5105 ex 807 www.bossoft.com <http://www.bossoft.com/> Sign <http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/special_events.aspx> up for my weekly webinar! LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts But that would run the next Project, no matter what time it was scheduled? Some of the jobs I am running, will only run once a day, while others are every 30 min, and still others are every 45 min..Makes for a weird mix...I also have to factor in how long the Project takes to run, (i.e. execution time). That is where my dilemma begins. As jobs are "spawned" to run, their run times are all different, so they always seem to stack on each other, after a certain duration of time. I would like to have a "wish list" to have a scheduler added to Boston Workstation, that would queue jobs to run, but would only run them one at a time, in a FIFO setup. That would be a utility that quite a few users, from the sounds of it, would use. Ron From: Bennett, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:50 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts Have you tried, or thought about using the RunProject command at the end of each project? You would then only need MS scheduler to use killtask to shutdown BWS (the last project) and then launch the first project of the day. Brian Bennett Affinity Health Systems Systems Analyst PBS\Clinic Billing (920)628-9055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Stevenson Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts I can't really help you set it up but have been told a few times that the several different scripts I am working on can basically be setup in the Scheduler to run consecutively and will not over step each other as I only have one license... sorry if I mislead you... Brian Stevenson | Systems Administrator <http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/> University Health System | Business Information Services 355-2 Spencer Lane | San Antonio, TX 78229 Office | (210) 358 - 9282 Pager | (210) 756 - 0582 _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts Brian~ What I was told, and I may be wrong, but the job you want to run, has to be up, and minimized, before Boston's scheduler can do anything with it. Is that correct information? I need the scheduler to load the job and run it, then close it when finished. If this can be done within Boston, can you show me how to set it up? Ron From: Brian Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts to my knowledge the scheduler does this... Brian Stevenson | Systems Administrator <http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/> University Health System | Business Information Services 355-2 Spencer Lane | San Antonio, TX 78229 Office | (210) 358 - 9282 Pager | (210) 756 - 0582 _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Talk] Task Schedulers for Boston Scripts What is the best task scheduler to use for Boston Workstation scripts? I have 5 scripts that run multiple times during the day {disaster recovery, file downloads, hard copy prints, etc}, and they all seem to run at different durations and times, so the possibility of one running on top of another exists. I have used the task scheduler within Windows 2003 server, and it is pretty limited. I am looking for an alternative that will allow jobs to specifically run at the desired times, and if another job comes up to run at the same time, the scheduler will queue the new job to run after the current is finished. My current setup (the windows task scheduler), doesn't care if another job comes up. It runs them both simultaneous. Then, both jobs seem to lose focus and stall out, or they get a run-time errors. I looked at the scheduler within the Boston software, but it didn't suit my requirements. Any suggestions??? Thanks, Ron Barrett, MICT Programmer/Analyst Coffeyville Regional Medical Center (620) 252-1603 This email and any files transmitted with it are the property of Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Inc. and are confidential, intended solely for the use of the individual that or entity to whom this email is addressed. 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