{"id":1604652,"date":"2022-06-20T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1604652"},"modified":"2022-06-20T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:20:53","slug":"scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager","title":{"rendered":"Scheduling in ArcGIS Workflow Manager"},"author":312732,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[25741,22841,25831],"tags":[765562,27481,765582,760422],"industry":[],"product":[760392],"class_list":["post-1604652","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-gas","category-local-government","category-petroleum","tag-arcgis-workflow-manager","tag-automation","tag-scheduling","tag-workflow-manager","product-workflow-manager"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":312732,"user_firstname":"Xiaomeng","user_lastname":"Zheng","nickname":"xzheng","user_nicename":"xzheng","display_name":"Xiaomeng (Meggie) Zheng","user_email":"xzheng@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-06-13 15:56:26","user_description":"Meggie is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS Workflow Manager team. Outside of work she enjoys cooking, traveling and hand crafts.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BlogProfile-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Learn how to use ArcGIS Workflow Manager to schedule recurring tasks and to run steps within the workflow.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">One of the benefits of using ArcGIS <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW170404650 BCX0\">Workflow Manager <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">is to improve work efficiency and optimize repetitive processes. Workflow Manager aims to build automated data orchestration and promote automated workflows in order <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW170404650 BCX0\">reduce<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\"> labor costs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">, avoid work redundancy, and increase productivity within the organization. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW170404650 BCX0\">Workflow Manager<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">\u00a0allows users to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">schedule when the task is to be created and the steps within the workflow to be run<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170404650 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW170404650 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Workflow Manager provides the following capabilities in automated scheduling:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Schedule automated creation of recurring jobs at a specific time or preferred time frequency. \u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Schedule the steps within the workflow diagrams to run at a specific time or after a duration.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW239675576 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239675576 BCX0\">Scheduling of recurring jobs and the step running automation requires the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/workflow\/latest\/install\/windows\/authorizing-software.htm\">Workflow Manager Server Advanced<\/a> role.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW239675576 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW192943681 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW192943681 BCX0\">Recurring Scheduling<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW192943681 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recurring scheduling is applied in automated creation of recurring tasks, such as performing data quality inspection every week, submitting a summary report at the end of the day, or creating and sending business trip itinerary requests on the first day of each month.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recurring job creation is configured using a job template. Let\u2019s examine the following two use cases on how to schedule recurring jobs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Scenario 1<\/strong>: A utility company sends field workers to modify field data. The edits are performed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/data\/geodatabases\/overview\/versioning-types.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_6FA2CFB5F9484FF096740D653C674B5D\">branch version<\/a>. Every Saturday morning, a data quality inspection is expected to run against the branch version. The data quality inspection job can trigger a geoprocessing service, which runs through the edited data and sends it back to the field worker if the edits do not pass the inspection. The geoprocessing service normally requires the server to allocate more resources<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> thus it is recommended to run during off-business hours. Job recurring scheduling makes it possible to automatically create the data quality inspection. Now let\u2019s take a closer look at the configuration.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. In the job template of the data quality inspection, we can go to the <strong>Automated Actions<\/strong> tab and <strong>Add Scheduled Task<\/strong>\u00a0under Job Creation. <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610112,"id":1610112,"title":"template","filename":"template-2.png","filesize":7826,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/template-6","alt":"In Automated Actions tab choose Add Scheduled Task.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"In Automated Actions tab choose Add Scheduled Task.","name":"template-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:29:20","modified":"2022-06-15 22:30:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1273,"height":306,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":112,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":185,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","large-width":1273,"large-height":306,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","1536x1536-width":1273,"1536x1536-height":306,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","2048x2048-width":1273,"2048x2048-height":306,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2-826x199.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":199,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/template-2.png","wide_image-width":1273,"wide_image-height":306}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. For example, we would like to automatically create the Data Quality Inspection job to run every Saturday at 8 a.m. This time is configured based on the local time zone. Adjustments are required for locations where daylight saving time is observed.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Each month, we would like to review the recurring data quality inspection and determine if the recurring frequency needs to be updated, so we end the recurring schedule after 4 occurrences. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610182,"id":1610182,"title":"JobScheduling_1","filename":"JobScheduling_1-2.png","filesize":14836,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/jobscheduling_1-3","alt":"Schedule recurring job at 8:00 a.m. every Saturday and recurring stops after 4 weeks.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule recurring job at 8:00 a.m. every Saturday and recurring stops after 4 weeks.","name":"jobscheduling_1-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:37:56","modified":"2022-06-15 22:38:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":705,"height":776,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","medium-width":237,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","medium_large-width":705,"medium_large-height":776,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","large-width":705,"large-height":776,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","1536x1536-width":705,"1536x1536-height":776,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","2048x2048-width":705,"2048x2048-height":776,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2-422x465.png","card_image-width":422,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_1-2.png","wide_image-width":705,"wide_image-height":776}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Scenario 2<\/strong>: A retail company would like to request a summary report from each department on each month\u2019s sales transactions. A status report task is automatically created on the last day of each month. The task requests each department to submit a transaction history form and generate a sales summary report. We can configure the recurring schedule as follows:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. In the job template of the Monthly Transaction Report, we enable recurring schedule.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. The report task is created on the last day of each month at 12 p.m. We configure the last day as the 31<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, however this task is automatically created on the last day of the month, which has less than 31 days. For example, the report job is created on February 28<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in a non-leap year, or April 30<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. In this configuration, the end date is set to <strong>Never<\/strong>. However, it is recommended that the <strong>End Date<\/strong> for automation is set or disabled as needed due to recurring job creation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0could slow down the server and eventually affect the application performance.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610142,"id":1610142,"title":"JobScheduling_2","filename":"JobScheduling_2-2.png","filesize":13812,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/jobscheduling_2-2","alt":"Schedule to create Monthly Transaction Report job at 12:00 p.m. the last day of every month.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule to create Monthly Transaction Report job at 12:00 p.m. the last day of every month.","name":"jobscheduling_2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:34:44","modified":"2022-06-15 22:34:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":702,"height":778,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","medium-width":236,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","medium_large-width":702,"medium_large-height":778,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","large-width":702,"large-height":778,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","1536x1536-width":702,"1536x1536-height":778,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","2048x2048-width":702,"2048x2048-height":778,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2-420x465.png","card_image-width":420,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JobScheduling_2-2.png","wide_image-width":702,"wide_image-height":778}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 40px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. In Portal for ArcGIS, a task is created to automatically trigger the job creation.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610292,"id":1610292,"title":"portaladmin_2","filename":"portaladmin_2-2.png","filesize":16898,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/portaladmin_2-3","alt":"Task is created in Portal for ArcGIS and can be viewed in portal admin site.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Task is created in Portal for ArcGIS and can be viewed in portal admin site.","name":"portaladmin_2-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:47:40","modified":"2022-06-15 22:47:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1933,"height":437,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":105,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":174,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":434,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2-1536x347.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":347,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2.png","2048x2048-width":1933,"2048x2048-height":437,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2-826x187.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":187,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_2-2-1920x434.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":434}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610162,"id":1610162,"title":"portaladmin_1","filename":"portaladmin_1-1.png","filesize":25618,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/portaladmin_1-2","alt":"Details for the portal task.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Details for the portal task.","name":"portaladmin_1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:36:11","modified":"2022-06-15 22:36:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1115,"height":600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":250,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":413,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","large-width":1115,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","1536x1536-width":1115,"1536x1536-height":600,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","2048x2048-width":1115,"2048x2048-height":600,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1-826x444.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":444,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/portaladmin_1-1.png","wide_image-width":1115,"wide_image-height":600}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW102616052 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102616052 BCX0\">Run a step on a schedule<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW102616052 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Workflow Manager allows you to run a step in a workflow at a scheduled time. The step can be configured to run:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 \u00a0 1. At a specified time<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 \u00a0 2. After a duration<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 \u00a0 3. At a specified time parsed from Arcade Expression<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once the workflow reaches the step, the step is then placed on hold and automatically runs at the scheduled time. Let\u2019s examine the following scenarios for applying a step schedule to the workflow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Scenario 1<\/strong>: A trucking company uses the following workflow to manage the truck drivers&#8217; daily clock in, clock out, and check-in delivery status.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The steps outlined in red are configured as scheduled. The truck drivers create the job, and the first step is set to automatic run to clock them into the system. The job will confirm with the truck driver if they have been assigned delivery tasks. The question step is scheduled to run at 8 a.m. after they clock in. If the truck driver has been assigned a delivery, he will check in the delivery information including the destination address and the estimated delivery time. Another check-in is scheduled to confirm the delivery at the timestamp of estimated delivery time provided by the driver in the previous check-in.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If the truck driver answered no, he will be assigned a delivery task and a check-in step is scheduled to run in 15 minutes to allow the driver to prepare for the delivery and check in again at the estimated delivery time. Now let\u2019s take a closer look at the configuration of these scheduling steps and how they can be run.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1616182,"id":1616182,"title":"delivery_stepscheduling","filename":"delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","filesize":75752,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/delivery_stepscheduling-2","alt":"Workflow to manage truck drivers delivery tasks.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Workflow to manage truck drivers delivery tasks.","name":"delivery_stepscheduling-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-20 16:53:11","modified":"2022-06-20 16:54:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":529,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":205,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":339,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","large-width":1200,"large-height":529,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":529,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":529,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-826x364.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":364,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delivery_stepscheduling-1-e1655745260868.png","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":529}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are the step configuration details:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.\u00a0 In the \u201cOut for delivery?\u201d question step, choose the option <strong>Run on a Schedule<\/strong>. This step is designed to run daily at 8 a.m. after the truck driver clocks into the system. Choose the option of <strong>Wait until a specific time<\/strong> and configure the running time at 8:00 under <strong>Hour of Day<\/strong>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610222,"id":1610222,"title":"stepscheduling_1","filename":"stepscheduling_1-1.png","filesize":10983,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/stepscheduling_1-2","alt":"Schedule to run the step at 8:00 a.m. every day.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule to run the step at 8:00 a.m. every day.","name":"stepscheduling_1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:39:58","modified":"2022-06-15 22:40:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":479,"height":535,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","medium-width":234,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","medium_large-width":479,"medium_large-height":535,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","large-width":479,"large-height":535,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","1536x1536-width":479,"1536x1536-height":535,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","2048x2048-width":479,"2048x2048-height":535,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1-416x465.png","card_image-width":416,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_1-1.png","wide_image-width":479,"wide_image-height":535}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW160120836 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW160120836 BCX0\">2. If the truck driver has not been assigned a delivery task, the system will wait for 15 minutes to allow a new task to be assigned before checking in. Choose the option of <strong>Wait a period of time<\/strong>\u00a0and set to 15 minutes.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW160120836 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610232,"id":1610232,"title":"stepscheduling_2","filename":"stepscheduling_2-1.png","filesize":12148,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/stepscheduling_2-2","alt":"Schedule to run the Check-in step after 15 minutes.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule to run the Check-in step after 15 minutes.","name":"stepscheduling_2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:40:29","modified":"2022-06-15 22:40:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":465,"height":611,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","medium-width":199,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","medium_large-width":465,"medium_large-height":611,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","large-width":465,"large-height":611,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","1536x1536-width":465,"1536x1536-height":611,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","2048x2048-width":465,"2048x2048-height":611,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1-354x465.png","card_image-width":354,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_2-1.png","wide_image-width":465,"wide_image-height":611}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. The check-in step is using the <strong>Update Job Properties<\/strong> step type and allows the truck driver to enter the delivery address and the estimated delivery time. The estimated delivery time is stored in the Workflow Manager extended property table and can be retrieved from arcade expression. You can learn more about the Update Job Properties step <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/workflow\/latest\/help\/update-job-properties.htm\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. The step of \u201cDelivery Check-in\u201d is scheduled to run at the estimated delivery time entered by the truck driver and the timestamp is parsed from arcade expression <strong>jobExtendedProperty($job, \u2018order\u2019, \u2018eta\u2019)<\/strong>. <strong>order<\/strong> is the extended property table name and <strong>eta<\/strong> is the property name. You can learn more about Arcade in Workflow Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/workflow\/latest\/help\/dynamic-job-properties.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610242,"id":1610242,"title":"stepscheduling_3","filename":"stepscheduling_3-1.png","filesize":9250,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/stepscheduling_3-2","alt":"Schedule to run the Check-in step at the estimated delivery time parsed from arcade.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule to run the Check-in step at the estimated delivery time parsed from arcade.","name":"stepscheduling_3-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:40:58","modified":"2022-06-15 22:41:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":480,"height":392,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","medium-width":320,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","medium_large-width":480,"medium_large-height":392,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","large-width":480,"large-height":392,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","1536x1536-width":480,"1536x1536-height":392,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","2048x2048-width":480,"2048x2048-height":392,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","card_image-width":480,"card_image-height":392,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_3-1.png","wide_image-width":480,"wide_image-height":392}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2343539 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2343539 BCX0\">The timestamps configured in the step are local time and converted into Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and stored in the data model. However, be cautious when using arcade expression, the time parsed from arcade is in UTC and directly applied to the step scheduling.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2343539 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW2343539 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Scenario 2<\/strong>: The step schedule can be applied to the data editing workflow that customers are using. Once the field crew has performed data edits, an <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/workflow\/latest\/help\/evaluate-data-quality.htm\">Evaluate Data Quality<\/a> step is needed. This process may take some time and hold the field crew from working on another task. Moreover, multiple jobs waiting for a data quality evaluation around the same time could occupy server resources. A better solution is to schedule the step to automatically run during off-business hours. Once the data edits are complete, the Evaluate Data Quality step is put on hold and will be run at midnight while the server is not heavily used. Complete the following steps to configure the step schedule:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. In the Evaluate Data Quality check step Options, choose <strong>Run on a Schedule<\/strong>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. We would like to run the step every day at 12 a.m. The offset creates an acceptable time range to run the steps. This is out of\u00a0 server performance concern to avoid lots of jobs being scheduled to run at the same time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1610262,"id":1610262,"title":"stepscheduling_5","filename":"stepscheduling_5-1.png","filesize":10699,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/stepscheduling_5-2","alt":"Schedule to run the Evaluate Data Quality step at 12:00 a.m. every day.","author":"312732","description":"","caption":"Schedule to run the Evaluate Data Quality step at 12:00 a.m. every day.","name":"stepscheduling_5-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1604652,"date":"2022-06-15 22:43:40","modified":"2022-06-15 22:43:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":489,"height":529,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","medium-width":241,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","medium_large-width":489,"medium_large-height":529,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","large-width":489,"large-height":529,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","1536x1536-width":489,"1536x1536-height":529,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","2048x2048-width":489,"2048x2048-height":529,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1-430x465.png","card_image-width":430,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stepscheduling_5-1.png","wide_image-width":489,"wide_image-height":529}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alternatively, if the data does not pass the quality check, the step failure leads to the failure path and triggers to fix the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> bad data<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Once the data has been fixed, the Evaluate Data Quality step is triggered again. This time it does not wait until midnight and automatically re-runs the step right away. Here is how to configure this workflow:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. Add a <strong>Manual<\/strong> <strong>Step<\/strong> \u201cWaiting\u201d, and configure it to run at midnight. It is held until midnight then runs automatically. This manual step does not have any step help or user prompt thus it runs without any user interaction and proceeds to the Evaluate Data Quality step. The Evaluate Data Quality step is set to <strong>Automatic<\/strong> and is triggered to run. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adding the scheduled manual step instead of scheduling the Data Quality step to run at midnight runs the data quality step again automatically if it fails and the workflow loops back to rerun the step after fixing the bad data.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more on how to configure a Manual Step without interaction <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/workflow\/latest\/help\/manual-step.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. If the Evaluate Data Quality step fails, it takes the Fail path and triggers to fix the bad data accordingly.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Once the bad data has been fixed, it loops back and automatically triggers the Evaluate Data Quality step to run again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1616202,"id":1616202,"title":"GP_workflow","filename":"GP_workflow-1-e1655744124140.png","filesize":21922,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GP_workflow-1-e1655744124140.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/workflow-manager\/local-government\/scheduling-in-arcgis-workflow-manager\/gp_workflow-2","alt":"The Data Quality Check step fails, the workflow indicates the failure and requests fixing the bad data. Then re-run the Data Quality Check again. 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