Scheduling with Times and Dates
Process execution time can be controlled in Redwood Server by the use of the following:
- Submit frames - Submit frames define when and how often a process should be automatically resubmitted.
- Time windows - Time windows define in which period of time a process is allowed to start.
- Time zones - Time zones help define the date and time accurately in large environments with clients and/or process servers split across multiple geographical time zones.
- Period functions - Period functions are very advanced time functions, which can quickly become very complex. The maintenance of period functions in cumbersome, so more features have been added to time windows.
Process definitions, chain definitions and processes can have a submit frame, a time window and a time zone. Submit frames can also have a time zone and a time window, time windows can have time windows and a time zone. Complex scheduling can easily be achieved by the use of a combination of submit frames and time windows, the time zone further defines the time window. Period functions are also available for Easter -based holidays, fiscal quarters and third party calendars, like SAP Factory calendars, for example.