Managing Scheduled Jobs

From the OIM – FinancialForce Connector Admin page, you can schedule background job executions, view existing scheduled jobs, and delete them.

Scheduling a Background Job

To schedule the background execution of an integration:

1. Open the OIM – FinancialForce Connector Admin tab.
2. Click Manage Scheduled Jobs.
3. Next to the name of an integration, click and then click Schedule.
4. Under Schedule Frequency, select one of the following:
   • Hourly: if you want the job to execute every hour.
   • Daily: if you want the job to execute once every day.
   • Weekly: if you want the job to execute on specific days of the week. You can then select the days.
   • Monthly: if you want the job to execute once every month. You can then select a monthly method to determine on which day of the month the job executes.
   Depending on your selection, additional options might be available. More information

   Schedule Background Job Additional Fields

   Field	Description
   Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat	Only available when Weekly is selected as the frequency. Determines whether the job executes on the specific day of the week. For example, if you select Mon, the job executes each Monday at the specified start time.
   Monthly Method	Only available when Monthly is selected as the frequency. Determines how to calculate the day of the month when the job executes. The following options are available: "Last Day of Month". Note that this is the last calendar day of the month. If a month ends on a Saturday, the job executes on that day. "Date" "Day of the Month" "Days Before Month End"
   Day of the Month (number)	Only available when "Date" is selected as the monthly method. Determines the date on which the job executes each month. For example, if you enter 15, the job executes on the 15th of each month.
   Day of the Month (picklist)	Only available when "Day of the Month" is selected as the monthly method. Determines on which occurrence of the day selected in Day of the Week the job executes.
   Day of the Week	Only available when "Day of the Month" is selected as the monthly method. Combined with the value selected for the Day of the Month picklist, determines on which occurrence of the day the job executes. For example, if you select "Last" and "Friday", the job executes on the last Friday of each month, regardless of the date.
   Days Before Month End	Only available when "Days Before Month End" is selected as the monthly method. Determines how many calendar days before the end of each month the job executes. For example, if you enter 3, the job executes on January 28, February 25 (non-leap year), March 28, April 27, and so on. Note: If you set this to 1, the job executes on the day before last of each month. If you want to execute the job on the last day of each month, use the "Last Day of Month" method.

5. Under Schedule Start Time, select the preferred time of day when you want the job to execute.
6. Click Schedule. The job is scheduled.

Notes:

• Depending on how you configure your org, you might receive emails and Salesforce notifications each time a job execution finishes. For more information, see OIM – FinancialForce Administration Fields.
• If you want to change the frequency of a scheduled job, you must delete the existing job and then perform the steps again.

Deleting a Scheduled Job

To delete a scheduled job:

1. Open the OIM – FinancialForce Connector Admin tab.
2. Click Manage Scheduled Jobs.
3. Next to the name of an integration, click and then click Delete.
4. Click Delete. The job is deleted and you can schedule a new job for the integration.