Agents on separate thread, running with delayed time as scheduled

Malarmannan Thiruvannamalai

Hi All,

 

I have created mutiple Agents. All agents run on their each separate thread.

I have also Added these Agent IDs in 

 

 

[agents]

lib=.\bin\lljob.dll

name=lljob

prio=critical

timeout=5000

info=.\config\opentext.ini;agents

StartScript=.\scripts\llfull.lxe

JobScript=.\scripts\agent_run.e

CRON=0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * *

SleepIntervalSec=60

ExcludeActivityIDs=10011,10016,10020

 

[loader]

load=sockserv;javaserver;agents;notify;wfagen;Agent_10011;Agent_10016;Agent_10020

 

[Agent_10011]

lib=.\bin\lljob.dll

name=Agent_10011

prio=critical

timeout=5000

info=.\config\opentext.ini;Agent_10011

StartScript=.\scripts\llfull.lxe

JobScript=.\scripts\agent_run.e

SleepIntervalSec=300

ActivityIDs=10011

 

 

These are my settigns in OpenText.ini.

 

But the Agents dont run as scheduled.

 

When i schedule it to run at 5:00:00 PM , then it starts at 5:01:07 PM.

I m not sure why it is starting delayed.

 

Please help me on this.

Let me know, if i m missing anything or making any mistakes.

 

 

Thanks

Appu_Nair1

The agent thread is not relying on a clock per-se.It is counting on an internal heartbeat once the livelink server is started.So the 5 minutes is an approximation,but that should be the least of your worries.When the agent thread starts up it basically and uses roughly the logic I give below

1. Give me a list of agentid's in this livelink who has a nexttime in the past
2. Consult the ini file and see if it is allowed to be run on this
3. Run it to completion.

If you search the Champion Tool Kit you will see a Powerpoint or PDF by Mark Simm that explains how agents/notification work.

In your e.g it will run in 5 minute intervals if agent has no problems but getting it to run exactly on a clock or a computer's clock will be let's say your luck.

BTW this is the webservices forum and this post would be answered better in the development/builder forum if you need a more wide audience to look at it.