Tasks

Concepts > Tasks

Tasks are repeated routines, for example, daily calculations of the Order Recommendation Report, various check lists, interface queries, and so on.

Beas offers several options to help automate tasks.

•The Beas-service provides a task scheduler, which can execute Beas script directly. This is mainly used for tasks that must be performed very often, for example, to query a port. This is quick and easy to set up.

•The Windows task scheduler - Beas can be started as a task. Use this option to carry out elaborate, memory-intensive calculations such as MRP, pre-calculation, and so on.

•The Beas-common-interface offers fast query access to a database table for two-way, real-time communication.

•The web interface is available for web applications or web services.

Using the Windows task scheduler

A task is created in the Windows Task Scheduler and a call to beas.exe, including the parameters, is stored. Arguments must be fully specified.

Example: entry in field "arguments":

mrp=1 user=manager pw=1234 db=testdb

Example: entry in field "start in":

C:\Program Files (x86)\beas software\beas

Starting at: Make sure to specify the directory in which the program is located

The task to be performed can be included:

•Using the Beas built-in task scheduler and entering the task, specifying its number

•Direct entry of the command to be executed

Examples:

Compute order recommendation number 1:

Beas.exe mrp=1 user=<user> pw=<password> db=<databasename>

Script number 5, stored in Beas-server administration > planned activities, is called:

Beas.exe task=5 user=<user> pw=<password> db=<databasename>

Also see :

Beas-Call up-parameters

Planned activities