History: Batch

            Please instead see: ((Scheduler))

! Batch actions

This feature allows you to do some actions in batch. You still need to set up a cron job or other tools to activate the features described here.

!! Features with batch actions
!!!# Email sending from Daily reports
Using tiki-user_send_reports.php

See ((Daily reports)) and ((Token access))

!!!# Email sending from Newslettters
Using tiki-bach_send_newsletter.php

See ((Newsletters)),  ((Token access)) and
http://doc.tiki.org/Newsletter+User#Sending_newsletters_with_a_cron_batch_job

!!!# Events on Tracker items: Changing status & email notification in advanced
It is possible to specify automatic item status change for a tracker after a certain period of inactivity. Moreover, some emails can be sent to warn the user about that change at some predefined time before the status item change is planned to happen.

You can define it through the "__Events__" option for tracker; the icon is shown in the list of Trackers (__tiki-list_trackers.php__) > column "__Actions__": {img src=img/icons/clock.png}

See ((Tracker Events))

!!!# Updating advanced rating
Using a custom php script as described in 
http://doc.tiki.org/Advanced+Rating#Appendix
 
See ((Calculations))

!!!# Updating the Search engine
When you use lucense search, you can set up a cron job to rebuild the search index periodically at times with little user activity.

See ((Cron Job to Rebuild Search Index))

!!! Batch upload files to file galleries
See ((Batch Upload))

!! Setting up cron jobs

You can set a cron to launch batch actions at a specific time and frequency. In some case, you will be able to set a ((cron job)) in the same server where your tiki is hosted, but in some cases, like in most shared hosting environments, you will have to find other way to handle it, since you don't have access to set a cron job in the server.
 
Some of these batch action can be launched from a cron job in an external server in a controlled way by means of token access control.

To do so:
# browse the url http://yourserver/tiki-admin_tokens.php (there is a link also at tiki-admin.php?page=security#cookietab=5 )
# click at "__Add new token__" and fill in the from
# Once the token is created, copy it's value from the table.

Let's assume that your token value is  "__3e18afe286c9a9639fabc40932497fd3__", and that the URL that you want to call from the crontab is http://yourserver/tiki-send_batch_newsletter.php?editionId=2 

In this case, the record in the crontab of the external server has to be like:

{CODE(wrap="1" colors="bash")}curl 'http://path_to_tiki/tiki-send_batch_newsletter.php?editionId=2&TOKEN=3e18afe286c9a9639fabc40932497fd3'{CODE}

-=Related=-
Some links to set up a cron:
* Quick reference: http://adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference
* CPanel: http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/cpanel/cron_jobs.htm
* GNU/Linux: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-add-jobs-to-cron-under-linux-or-unix-oses

See also ((Cron)) for more information on how to set a cron job throgh the crontab.


-=Aliases=-
(alias(batch job)) | (alias(batch process)) | (alias(Cron job)) | (alias(Cron tab)) | (alias(Scheduled Task))