Scheduling Jobs

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FME Server 2010 doesn't have the ability to schedule translations. This functionality is left to external applications. There are a number of applications and methods for scheduling jobs, some of which are presented here.

Windows Scheduled Task + FME Server Console

In this example, the Samples/austinApartments.fmw repository/workspace that is provided with FME Server will be scheduled to run every 15 minutes.

Create the bat file containing the FME Server Console command

• Open the FME Server Console:
  • <FMEServerDir>\Clients\FMEServerConsole\fmeserverconsole.exe
• Determine the names of the published parameters (bboxWest and bboxEast in this example).
• Create a command to run the workspace an try it out (note the syntax for specifying published parameters):
  • run_workspace Samples/airports.fmw --bboxWest -100 --bboxEast 100
• If you have security enabled you will need to include parameters for your user name and password. The syntax to use is like this:
  • OPT_username admin
  • OPT_password admin
• Create a bat file that contains the command to run:
  • "<FMEServerDir>\Clients\FMEServerConsole\fmeserverconsole.exe" run_workspace Samples/airports.fmw --bboxWest -100 --bboxEast 100 OPT_username admin OPT_password admin
  • Try out the bat file by double clicking on it or running it in the command prompt.

Create the Windows Scheduled Task

• Open the Windows Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks > Add Scheduled Task
• Go through the Scheduled Task Wizard and use the following settings:
  • Program to run: the bat file you created.
  • Perform this task: Daily (we will change this later).
  • Check on the "Open advanced properties..." checkbox.
• In the Task's Advanced Properties dialog
  • Click the Schedule tab.
  • Click the Advanced button.
  • Check on "Repeat task".
  • Beside "Every", enter 15 Minutes.