Cron Job Triggered

Triggers a midpoint on a regular interval defined by a crontab.

The Cron Job Triggered source is used to schedule midpoints that are called at regular time-intervals.

This source can be used to trigger a midpoint hourly, daily, weekly, or on more specific time definitions (ex. Noon on the first of every month). GMT is used as the originating time for the cron job triggered source.

Definition

crontab: string # Required
extracts: [ 
    {
        name: string
        from: string 
    }
]
excludeLogs: [string]

crontab: String. A standard unix crontab. See cron.help for more information on crontabs.

extracts: See extracts. Legal values:

• Timestamp Unixtime of execution

• Midpoint_ID See Midpoint ID

• Request_ID See Request ID

excludeLogs: See exclude logs. Legal values:

• TaskDefinition The complete definition of this task at runtime

Returned Values

This source does not return any values other than those explicitly expressed in extracts.

Examples

Start this midpoint every hour on the hour.

crontab: "0 * * * *"

Start this midpoint every six hours and only on weekdays.

crontab: "* */6 * * Mon-Fri"
extracts: [ 
    {
        name: Request_ID
        from: Request_ID
    }
]

Tips on Using Cron Job Triggered

This section is incomplete.