Scheduled Data Collection Failing Conditional Script

[jlaps]

Good afternoon community,

I am configuring a scheduled data collection job in PA, to collect during the day results, and have the job running every 15 minutes to keep a particular dashboard up to date. I am trying to have this run only during business hours based on a schedule. The job runs fine if I uncheck the conditional box, so the job itself seems ok. The script itself however, I am guessing, must be failing. We are on Geneva, and it seems the script debugger is not active on this version, so I am looking for some help on where I am getting this incorrect. I am a js noob, so tweaking code I find and learning as I go.

function checkSchedule() {

var sched = new GlideSchedule('fdbab3b76fc91600220bbc775b3ee4e8','US/Eastern');

var schedTime = new GlideDateTime(); //get current dateTime in GMT

if (sched.isInSchedule(schedTime,'US/Eastern'))

                return yes;

      else

              return no;

}

According to the job log, this job runs but with ZERO edits. If I uncheck the conditional box, thus bypassing the script, it runs as expected. Where am I messing the script above up? FYI, this schedule is all day on weekdays, so it SHOULD be coming back as true, and running the script.

Thanks!

Jeff

[Arnoud Kooi]

I have not tested but you should return true/false, not yes/no

And are you calling the function you are creating?

function checkSchedule() { 
   var sched = new GlideSchedule('fdbab3b76fc91600220bbc775b3ee4e8','US/Eastern'); 
   var schedTime = new GlideDateTime(); //get current dateTime in GMT 
   if (sched.isInSchedule(schedTime,'US/Eastern'))                   
       return true;         
   else                 
       return false; 
}
checkSchedule();

[jlaps]

Arnoud,

Here is a screenshot of the scheduled job. I have the conditional box checked, which opens up the script area; I THINK I am calling it... also, I have it back to true/false here and it behaves the same way- as if false every time. Though again, the job runs but makes zero edits- this does seem weird, but perhaps it is just the way it is.

Job logs looks like this when it "fails"- when I uncheck the conditional box above, these jobs work (30 sec runs).

Thanks for the look Arnoud!

Jeff

[Arnoud Kooi · Accepted solution]

You defined the function, you should call it by adding the line after the script:

checkSchedule();

If its not working you can test it by running it in a background script and print the result

[jlaps]

Arnoud,

You cannot see it, but my head hung in shame for a moment when I saw this. You were correct, I had not called the function, and when I did, it worked as expected. Thank you Arnoud! I will report myself for public flogging .

Jeff