Step by Step: Run a Process Every Night at 1 AM

Eric

February 01, 2022 22:40

This workflow demonstrates the use of a Timer Trigger and a Process Action.

Open Flux Cockpit	http://localhost:7186*
Sign in	admin / admin (as defined when installing Flux)
Open the Designer	Click on the Designer Tab
Select a Timer Trigger	In the left sidebar, find the Timer Trigger icon under the Core group. Click and drag it onto the Designer's canvas.
Open the Timer Trigger's dialog	Double click the Timer Trigger icon on the Designer canvas to open its dialog box.
Enter the Time Expression	Enter 0 0 0 1 into the Time Expression. The time expression is milliseconds seconds minutes hours so 0 0 0 1 is 1 AM.
Save the Timer Trigger	Click CTRL-S to save this Timer Trigger into the Flux workflow. You can also click Save in the top left of the dialog. The Timer Trigger dialog will close.
Save the Flux Workflow to the Flux repository.	Click CTRL-S Again to save this workflow to the Flux Repository or Workflow Menu -> Save. You will get a prompt to name the workflow, or if the workflow is already named it will save the workflow and show an alert that the workflow has been saved.
Select a Process Action	In the left sidebar, find the Process Action icon under the Core group. Click and drag it onto the Designer's canvas.
Open the Process Action's dialog	Double click the Process Action icon on the Designer's canvas to open its dialog box.
Enter a command to execute	Enter cmd /c dir c:\ into the Command. The phrase 'cmd/c' opens a Windows command shell to execute the dir (i.e. directory) command.
Save the Process Action	Click CTRL-S to save this Process Action into the Flux workflow. You can also click Save in the top left of the dialog. The Process Action dialog will close.
Select the Timer Trigger in the workflow	Left-click on the Timer Trigger icon in the Designer's canvas. 4 arrows should appear around the icon.
Connect the Timer Trigger to the Process Action	Left-click one of the Timer Trigger arrows and while holding the mouse button down drag to the Process Action and let go of the mouse button. An arrow should connect the Timer Trigger to the Process Action.
Select the Process Action icon in the workflow	Left-click on the Process Action icon in the Designer's canvas. 3 arrows should appear around the icon (since one is already being used).
Connect the Process Action to the Process Action	Left-click one of the Process Action arrows and while holding the mouse button down drag to the Timer Trigger and let go of the mouse button. An arrow should connect the Process Action to the Timer Trigger.
Layout the workflow	Select Arrange → Layout → Horizontal Flow to layout the workflow. Press CTRL+H to recenter it.
Save the Workflow	Click CTRL-S Again to save this workflow to the Flux Repository or Workflow Menu -> Save. You will get a prompt to name the workflow, or if the workflow is already named it will save the workflow and show an alert that the workflow has been saved.
Submit the workflow for execution	Click CTRL-E to submit the workflow for execution or Select the Workflow Menu -> Submit/Execute. A prompt will display in 1-3 seconds indicating the workflow has been submitted.
View the execution of the workflow	Click on the Dashboard tab at the top of the browser window. The workflow should appear in the tab's table of workflows. Click the Refresh button in the Dashboard tab (not the browser refresh button) to refresh the display of workflows. When the workflow completes its status will show as COMPLETED.
View the audit activity or the workflow.	On the row containing the workflow – to the right – is an icon containing three dots (…). Click on this icon to jump to the audit trail for this workflow. Clicking this opens the audit trail dialog for this workflow.
Check for success	Check stdout for the Flux engine to see the directory listing.

Step by Step: Run a Process Every Night at 1 AM

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