Editing Groupcall Xporter jobs

[Quatermass]

Probably being tremendously thick here , but how (if at all) does one edit a Groupcall Xporter job? I know the management console shows next and last run for jobs, but what if (say) I wanted something to run less often or at a different time?

[GREED]

I suggest you give Groupcall (us) or your third party a ring about this, don't go hacking around with it as Groupcall or other third party products rely on the schedule that is set up on there - they work in partnership. You might end up making x product not work properly through a mismatch of data movement (not always, but could happen).

 

Do you want to elaborate on why you want to do this?

[Quatermass]

We don't actually want to change anything and are not given to hacking around with things. Unless we need to, of course

 

Just curious as job config is so opaque compared to, say, Task Scheduler.

[Steve21]

I think it's still in the GCExporter.ini file in program files etc. There's a time in there normally, but obviously might want to check that.

 

As an example:

 

Vivo-Behaviour-Interval-Main=0000

Vivo-Behaviour-EndTime-Main=2359

Vivo-Behaviour-Main=0300

 

Steve

[Quatermass]

Ah, right, yes. Related : If I want to delete a job (an export for a long-defunct library catalogue system) is the correct way to simply uninstall the relevant "Groupcall Xporter, " in Control Panel?

[GREED]

If it is the only thing your schools is using Xporter for, then yes just uninstall. If there are several jobs running and you need to keep those still, then give our helpdesk a call who will be happy to help you out with this.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound stroppy earlier about 'hacking around', just making it clear that you might find some third parties utilise the Xporter feed differently and base the inner workings on their platform on that schedule.

[Quatermass]

 

The MLS one in this screenshot is superfluous so I'd like to just uninstall it? The others (and of course, the main install) are fine.

[GREED]

It is fine to uninstall xporter jobs if they are no longer needed/used. Control Panel and uninstall will be fine.

 

Just heard from the Xporter product manager (no my bag personally): Changing the extract times/job schedules for individual jobs should be done by the third party themselves and with their knowledge, particularly if using a cloud service. Contact the partner for help on this (or Groupcall if it is one of our products).