Timer Daemon

This service has been introduced in version 22.4

Introduction

The timer daemon is a service which runs for a list of timed jobs periodically their associated workflow.

Each timed job has the following noteworthy properties

  • Process definition: Workflow which will be started

  • Period: in minutes how often the workflow will be started

  • Next execution: When it will fire next

Business Logic

  • Timed jobs fire regardless if the workflow from the last execution is finished

  • When it fires all previous unfinished instance(s) of its associated workflow are forcibly terminated

When a timed job is created for the first time, its next execution will be

  • Period < 1 day: Delayed by at least the period plus 15 minutes random

  • Period >= 1 day: Delayed until past midnight plus 5 hours random

API

It is available in the REST API as

Monitoring

The MediaHaven Monitoring provides the overview in the tab “Timed Jobs”.

Monitoring Screens

Screen

Description

Screen

Description

Jobs

Complete overview of all timed jobs

Record timers

Specialised view of the defined Record Timers

Server Logs / Logging

Linking to the logging of the timer daemon