Scheduling the Snapshot Job Run
Note:Job scheduling requires an account with the ServiceNow admin role.
Under Job Scheduling, Snapshot Run works as a scheduler that can trigger the job manually or on a periodical basis.
| • | Scheduling the Snapshot Job—instructions for setting the job schedule. |
| • | About the Snapshot Job—additional details about the Snapshot job. |
Follow the instructions below to set the run frequency for the Snapshot job.
To schedule the Snapshot job
| 1. | Go to Filter navigation and search for Flexera One. |
| 2. | Under the Flexera One menu, search for Snapshot Run and then click Snapshot Run. |
| 3. | On the Snapshot Run page, set the Run frequency for the job. |
| 4. | Click Submit. |
The Snapshot job’s run frequency can be set to run daily, weekly, monthly, periodically, once, and on demand. The image below shows the Run setting.
Properties for the job include the following:
| • | Run—The run frequency to use for running the scheduled job: Daily, Monthly, Weekly, Periodically, Once, On Demand. Jobs set to run Once can be scheduled. Jobs set to run On Demand cannot be scheduled and only run when invoked. |
| • | Time zone—Time zone to use with the Time field entry when you specify the time at which the scheduled job should run. |
Note:For scheduled job types that require an entered time, you have the option to enter an associated time zone. If no time zone is selected, the job will run at the entered time in time zone of the user who entered the time. If Use System Time Zone is selected, the entered time will run in the time zone of the instance running the job.
| • | Time—Time of day at which the scheduled job should run, expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds on a 24-hour clock. |
| • | Run this script—Content of script to run at the scheduled date and time. This script has the logic to run the Flexera One IT Visibility API services for different datasets and executes at the time you specify. |
Snapshot Run is designed to conduct the initial data pull from all supported Flexera One datasets.
Once you start the Snapshot run, a Job record is created in the Job Tracker table. The Job record indicates a connection, based on connection setup details, has been established, and the system starts fetching records from Flexera One and loads them in ServiceNow Import tables.
Only one Snapshot job can be run at any given time. If you start a new Snapshot job before the current job has completed, the new job cancels the current job.