"Check for new content in categories" not working as expected

[Julie21]

Hi. When I click on the related link "Check for new content in categories" on a topic in my taxonomy, new content is not added, and I get a message saying that the list was last updated some days ago. Where do I update the list? And how can I get the related link to work?

If I remove the related category and add it again, the connected content list is also updated, but then I don't see what the "Check for new content in categories" link should be used for. 

Can anyone help?

[Terje Bakkerud]

I have the same problem. I'm REALLY tired of removing all categories, and adding them again. 

[Julie21]

Hi Terje. I actually found the answer to my own question. There's a business rule on the unconnected_category_content table called "Display last refresh date". This business rule calls the system property "taxonomy.category.new_content_job_last_run" which captures the last execution timestamp of the scheduled job 'Surface New Unconnected Content of Categories'. This job is set to run every Sunday, meaning that the list is only updated once per week. 

[Terje Bakkerud]

Ah, so if we just run this manually, it works? 😄

[Terje Bakkerud]

I tried running the scheduled job manually: Surface New Unconnected Content of Categories

But didn't seem to do anything else than updating the message. Didn't actually find any content when I now clicked the "check for new content".