Setting Current Time Period Fields

You can automatically set the current time period A period of time with a start date and an end date to which forecasts, actuals calculations, billing event batches, utilization calculations and region plans belong. field on a region A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects., practice A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects., group A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects., resource A contact that works on a project. or project A collection of activities and related items to be managed over a defined time range, such as timecards, expenses, milestones and budgets. by using Batch Apex to schedule a job that executes a new Apex class.

To schedule a Batch Apex job:

1. From Setup, click Develop | Apex Classes | Schedule Apex.
2. Enter a job name, such as Nightly Time Period Updates.
3. Enter the Apex Class name: RPGPRMaintenanceSchedule.
4. Enter the Frequency: Weekly.
5. Enter each day that you want the job to run on.
6. Enter a Start Date of today, and an End Date well into the future.
7. Enter a Preferred Start Time. We recommend that you set this to a time outside of business hours.
8. Click Save.

To check whether a job is scheduled and whether it has run, from Setup click Monitoring | Scheduled Jobs.