Setup Scheduled Jobs - Intergraph Smart 3D - Administration & Configuration - Hexagon

The MDP Publish > Setup MDP Scheduled Jobs command specifies various jobs and times for batch processing of material data publishing.

Clear PDS Data in MTO Tables - Removes any existing PDS model data from the MTO database before publishing.

Clear FWP Data in MTO Tables - Removes any existing FrameWorks Plus model data from the MTO database before publishing.

Publishing Options - Allows you to specify the attributes to be published.

• Short Material Description - Includes the short material description.

• Long Material Description - Includes the long material description.

• Publish Standard Notes - Publishes the standard note library to pdtable_250.

• ISO Mating Data Behavior - Causes MDP to behave the same as ISO in assigning the ownership of the implied material.

Forced Publishing of Models - Bypasses revision date checking for an incremental update. This bypass may be useful for such cases as specification changes.

Publish to SmartPlant Foundation - Select to publish the data to the MDP database, and then activate the SmartPlant > Publish command so that you can publish the data to SmartPlant Foundation. You must have retrieved the plant breakdown structure from SmartPlant Foundation before you can publish to SmartPlant Foundation.

Submit - Adds the batch publishing job to the list of existing jobs.

Schedule Job Information - Defines the schedule options for batch processing.

• On - Allows you to select Every day selected in the Day list, the Next occurrence of the day selected in the list, or None. When set to None, the job runs at the next occurrence of the specified time, either the same day or the next day.

• Day - Allows you to select particular days of the week, as well as particular days in each month.

• At - Specifies the time of day to run the schedule job.

• Data File - Specifies the selection set file with which this job will run.

• Existing Scheduled Jobs - Displays the currently scheduled jobs and their various options. When you select a job in this list, its options display in the other fields on the dialog box so that you can edit them if needed.

• Add - Adds the current job to the Existing Scheduled Jobs list.

• Remove - Deletes the currently selected job from the Existing Scheduled Jobs list.

  Remove deletes jobs immediately. Clicking Cancel will not restore deleted jobs.

• Modify - Saves the changes made to the currently selected job in the Existing Scheduled Jobs list. Changes are submitted by clicking Submit.

Before Using This Command

• The user scheduling the publishing jobs must have administrative privileges on the system in order to set the at jobs.

• To schedule jobs, the Schedular service in Control Panel > Services must be started and running.

Operating Sequence

1. Click MDP Publish > Setup Scheduled Jobs.

   The Setup MDP Schedule Jobs dialog box displays.

2. Select the options for the batch publishing jobs to be processed.

3. Click Submit to submit the batch jobs.

   The system creates an mdpatjob.cmd file in the pdreport\bin directory which is used to start the at job, and also submits an at job with the correct options specified.

   You can modify the environmental variables set in the mdpatjob.cmd file after it is created. The system will not overwrite this file if it already exists.

   OR

   Click Cancel to close the dialog box without making any changes or scheduling any jobs.

   Cancel will not restore jobs deleted using Remove.

   OR

   Change the options for the batch publishing jobs.