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Manage Schedules Using Edge Xpert Manager

Edge Xpert Manager provides a Schedules page to manage Intervals and Interval actions.

Note

Make sure to run Edge Xpert Manager with support-scheduler option to access the scheduling service:

edgexpert up xpert-manager support-scheduler

For more information, see Edge Xpert Services

View Schedules

To display the Schedules page, select Schedules from the main menu.

Switch between the top tabs to view Intervals or Interval Actions

Schedules tabs

Intervals

Add New Interval

To add a new Interval, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Add Interval Add icon in the top right of the panel
  2. Enter the Name and Interval

    Note

    The value of Interval field needs to be an unsigned integer followed by a unit. This may be "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h" representing nanoseconds, microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes or hours. For example: "100ms", "24h"

  3. Select a time range

  4. Select Save to create the Interval. Selecting Cancel closes the New Interval page without creating a new Interval.

Edit Interval

To edit an Interval, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Edit Edit icon from the Action column of the Interval you wish to change
  2. Change the information for the selected Interval
  3. Select Save. Selecting Cancel closes the Edit Interval page without changing the Interval

Delete Interval

You can either delete Intervals individually or in a batch. Instructions for both are listed below:

Delete Single Interval

  1. Select the Delete Delete icon from the Action column of the Interval you wish to delete
  2. Select Delete on the confirmation dialog box to delete the Interval. Selecting Cancel closes the dialog box without deleting the Interval

Delete Multiple Intervals

  1. Select the checkbox for all the Intervals you wish to delete. A count of all selected Intervals will display, as below:

    Delete Intervals

  2. Select the Delete Delete icon at the top of the page, beside the Search box

  3. Select Delete on the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected Intervals. Selecting Cancel closes the dialog box without deleting the Intervals

Warning

It is not possible to delete an Interval if there is an existing Interval Action associated with it

Interval Actions

Add New Interval Action

To add a new Interval Action, complete the following steps:

  1. Make sure there is at least one existing Interval.
  2. Select the Add Interval Action Add icon in the top right of the panel
  3. Enter the name for the Interval Action under the Name
  4. Select an Interval Name and complete the ContentType and Content fields
  5. Enter the Address information:

    1. Select HTTP Method
    2. Enter Host and Port, both are mandatory fields
    3. Enter Path

    Note

    REST is the only type currently supported

  6. Select Save to create the Interval Action. Selecting Cancel closes the New Interval Action page without creating a new Interval Action

Edit Interval Action

To edit an Interval Action, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Edit Edit icon from the Action column of the Interval Action you wish to change
  2. Change the information for the selected Interval Action
  3. Select Save. Selecting Cancel closes the Edit Interval Action page without modifying the Interval action

Delete Interval Action

You can either delete Interval Actions individually or in a batch. Instructions for both are listed below:

Delete Single Interval Action

  1. Select the Delete Delete icon from the Action column of the Interval Action you wish to delete
  2. Select Delete on the confirmation dialog box to delete the Interval Action. Selecting Cancel closes the dialog box without deleting the Interval Action

Delete Multiple Interval Actions

  1. Select the checkbox for all the Intervals you wish to delete. A count of all selected Interval Actions will display, as below:

    Delete Interval Actions

  2. Select the Delete Delete icon at the top of the page, beside the Search box

  3. Select Delete on the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected Interval Actions. Selecting Cancel closes the dialog box without deleting the Interval Action