Scheduled Job Overview

Last published at: April 19th, 2024
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The Scheduled Job Overview page shows you all active and inactive Scheduled Jobs. Check the status and details of your scheduled jobs, edit your scheduled jobs, run a scheduled job once outside of its regular schedule, and more.

The Scheduled Jobs feature is available for the Advanced, Premium and PDM licenses.

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Individual Runs at DC Job Page

Individual runs of a scheduled job, that have started or are already finished, can be found at the DC Job Overview for further processing. Future runs are only created at their scheduled start time.

To access the Scheduled Job Overview page:

  1. Go to the DC Job tab.
  2. click the Down arrow next to the Job Overview header to switch to the Scheduled Job Overview.
    The Job Overview header with the dropdown menu folded open, to switch between list views

The Scheduled Job Overview opens.

General

At the top of the Scheduled Job Overview page you'll find information and buttons that apply to all jobs.

The Job Overview header with the dropdown menu folded open, to switch between list views At top left, click the Down arrow next to the Scheduled Job Overview header to switch between the Scheduled Job Overview and the overview of single jobs‍.
the New Job button Create a new Scheduled Job or single DC Job to find duplicate records. Read more here‍.
Click on a column header to sort the scheduled jobs. You cannot sort on Frequency & Time.

Job Info

Once a Scheduled Job is created, it appears in the scheduled job list. Individual runs of scheduled jobs, that have started or are already finished, can be found at the DC Job Overview for further processing. Future runs are only created at their scheduled start time.

Each line shows the name, object, frequency, status, and next starting time of a job.

Further info and options

To see extensive job information and apply job options, use the buttons at the right of each job.

the Info button Info shows extensive job information, see below for an explanation.
the Job Options button Click Job Options for quick job actions, such as (de)activate a job, run a job once, edit the scheduled job, or delete it. See below for an explanation.


Info

The Info modal shows you everything you could want to know about a scheduled job. 

  • General Info: information such as the full Frequency, Last Run At, and Number Of Times Run. 
  • Selected Records shows the Object, and details about any filter used.
  • Applied Scenarios shows detailed information about the scenarios used in the job, like the fields, matching methods, weight and threshold, making it easier to analyze any unexpected results.


Job Options

You can apply a number of actions to a job:

the Activate option Activate a deactivated scheduled job in order to let it run on its scheduled times.
the Deactivate option Stop a scheduled job from running but keep its configuration.
the Run Once Now option Start the job immediately, to run an additional time next to its scheduled times.
the Edit option Edit the schedule, name, etc. of a scheduled job.
the Delete option
 Deletes the scheduled job. Finished runs of the job, listed in the DC Job Overview, will not be deleted.
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Preferred and Actual Start Time

Salesforce schedules the DC Jobs for execution at the specified preferred start time. However, actual execution may be delayed depending on service availability.

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Predefined Filters use latest setting

If you have used a predefined filter‍ in the Filter option of a scheduled job, and at some point in the future that predefined filter is edited, the edited version of the filter will be used from then on in all future runs of the scheduled job.

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Scheduled Jobs can only be processed via DC Local if you also have DC Local Server Mode. In general, use DC Local Server Mode‍ or Plauti Cloud‍ to process Scheduled Jobs outside Salesforce.