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Dependency resolution and ambiguous dependencies

Under certain circumstances, the submission of a batch or job to BICsuite or schedulix is prevented with the error message “Ambigous resolution”. In this article we will show you how this error message can occur and how you can define dependencies so that they can be clearly and unambiguously processed in your Workload Automation System. Example 1 Let’s start with a very simple example. Someone…

Complex scheduling problems

We love challenges and invite you to test us. Our timescheduling functionality is extremely powerful due to the possibility of and / or connection, which is why we ask our customers and partners to challenge us from time to time. John’s Challenge: “I want a job that usually runs on the 5th of every month to run only if it’s a working day. If the…

Tutorial 10: New calendar features for timescheduling

In that video tutorial we demonstrate some of the new timescheduling features of BICsuite and schedulix. We are assuming that our company has branches in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich. As well as the national holidays, each branch has its own public holidays. A job should only run if all the branches are working, that is if there are no public holidays in any of the…

independIT in Berlin

This week you have twice the opportunity to meet us in Berlin. Zalando Tech Talks On Wednesday 6th November Dieter Stubler from independIT speaks at the Zalando Tech Talks about IT Process Automation with schedulix. Before Mario Behling from OpnTec will report on the exciting open source project SUSI.AI. An artificial intelligence that is not only an alternative to Alexa, Siri and Google Home, but…

That’s the new Version 2.9

We are very pleased to announce the new version 2.9 of BICsuite and schedulix. In addition to the already very powerful features of earlier versions, in this release we have paid particular attention to make the operation in some issues even more efficient and flexible. Here are the most important innovations: GUI shell:Although most BICsuite and schedulix tasks are solved with the graphical user interface,…

independIT at FOSSASIA 2019

Great value has always been placed on open source at independIT, but in the past year this emphasis has grown even more. The trend is clearly evident. Ever greater numbers of public authorities and major companies are gradually switching to open source software, which increasingly takes them in search of transparent, viable alternatives to proprietary software systems. As developer of the open source solution schedulix…

Relieving backlog situations after maintenance work and system outages

Following maintenance work on the server and system outages, backlogs with resource bottlenecks inevitably occur in the workload automation that need to be resolved as quickly as possible. In a backlog situation, the operator team has to take the necessary measures to maintain production operations, and to be able to return to normal operation as quickly as possible. In doing so, key or critical batches…

Tutorial 9: More time scheduling options

In that video we execute time scheduled jobs on specific days by changing the master schedules that we created in video tutorial number 8. The Munich job should run every Friday. The New York job has to run on the last Friday of the month, and the Tokyo job should only run when Friday falls on a 13th. More videos about the BICsuite scheduling system Explore…

Tutorial 8: Time scheduling with different time zones

The video describes some basic time scheduling functions with the newly added time zones New York and Tokyo. We prepare three jobs to start in Munich, New York and Tokyo every day at 5 pm local time. Tutorial 9: More time scheduling options Explore the BICsuite-highlights You have some questions? Please contact us!