shedule with some margin of error?

[jefuytterhoeven]

Hi all, 

I was wondering if it was possible to shedule with some margin of error? On certain time frames my shedule is getting quit busy. And I am starting tot have some problems where processes don't start because the previous process ran a little longer then normal. 
Usually a few minutes.

Is it possible to set up some margin of error where a process will still start when another one ran a little longer then expected?

I already made combination shedules with multiple processes in one shedule. But this is not possible for every proces.

I used Blueprism 6.10.1. 

Kind regards

Jef Uytterhoeven

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jef uytterhoeven
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[Daniel_Sanhueza]

Hello Jef,

I've faced the same trouble and the workaround that we implemented was to set the scheduler starting hourly/minutely every 5 minutes between a certain threshold.

For example;

Process A finish at 08:03.

Process B Start at 08:00.

We have process A that we dont know when is going to finish BUT we need to start process B.

On the same resource, at 08:00, Process B can't start because it's busy running Process A. However, with the scheduler set to start hourly or minutely, it will attempt to start again at 08:05 and continue to retry every 5 minutes until the threshold is reached.

Hope it helps, regards

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Daniel Sanhueza
RPA Professional Developer
Deloitte
America/Santiago
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[LeonardoSQueiroz]

Hi Jeff,

There are some ways, this topic has some really cool insights.

https://community.blueprism.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=91&MID=351&CommunityKey=3743dbaa-6766-4a4d-b7ed-9a98b6b1dd01&tab=digestviewer&ReturnUrl=%2fcommunities%2fcomm... 3fcommunitykey%3d0eb42ccc -db4b-4048-b061-c3608dc3d713%26tab%3ddigestviewer

Normally, I take into account the process and its characteristics, depending on which I assign a "finish time" within the process (for cases that can be processed later, in others I use the idea similar to what Daniel explained, in addition there is the possibility of creating a completion will trigger the process as suggested in the topic by Ravinder.

Regards,

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Leonardo Soares
RPA Developer
América/Brazil
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