Scheduled business rules

Introduction to scheduled rules¶

Business rules, ticket creation rules, and ticket closing rules are general purpose tools to automate as many tasks within the system as possible, saving time on repetitive maintenance and reducing human error. Business rules perform actions on datasets, e.g. setting an attribute's value or running a script. Ticket creation and closing rules automatically open or close tickets based on certain conditions.

While business, ticket creation, and ticket closing rules can be set to run after certain events, they can also be run automatically using schedules. Scheduled rules allow you perform actions at set times, making it easier to manage your data, and allowing you to optimize performance by scheduling actions during non-peak hours.

Administration > Rules > Schedules will take you to the Manage Scheduled Rules page, which displays a list view of all scheduled rules.

Table 1: List view contents

Columns	Description
Title	Title of scheduled rule
Run	When the rule runs (e.g. daily)
Rule	Business rule being run by this schedule
Last Run	When the rule was last run
Next Run	When the rule will run next
Active	Whether the scheduled rule is active. Inactive scheduled rules will not run.
Last Updated	When the scheduled rule was last updated

Create a scheduled rule¶

Navigate to Administration > Rules > Schedules.
Click the Create Scheduled Rule button
Fill in the following, then click Create

Table 2: New scheduled rule properties

Option	Description
Title	Title of scheduled rule. The title will be displayed wherever the schedule appears in the UI.
Name	Reference name for queries and scripts. The name can contain only letters, numbers, and underscores.
Rule	Business rule, ticket creation rule, or ticket closing rule that will be run.
Run As	Allows you to select who the rule will be run as.
Active	Sets whether the scheduled rule is active. Inactive scheduled rules will not run.
Conditional	Allows you to enter a Groovy script that specifies additional conditions for running the rule
Execute pre-sync script	Allows you to enter a Groovy script to be run before the rule is started
Execute post-sync script	Allows you to enter a Groovy script to be run after the rule is completed
Run	Sets how often the rule will run (e.g. hourly, daily, weekly). The options below will change depending on what frequency is set, allowing you to specify exact times.
Accessible from	Specifies whether this scheduled rule will be available to all Brinqa applications or only the application you are currently administrating.

Edit or delete a scheduled rule¶

Existing scheduled rules can be edited or deleted by clicking the Actions button that appears to the right on mouseover of the entry on the list view.