Are you encountering issues creating, editing, or running FME Server Schedules? Please read below for some common troubleshooting tips, questions and resources.
Troubleshooting Tips
- The FME Server Schedules will run as the user who last edited regardless of the owner.
- Make sure that any files or resources accessed by the scheduled workspace are visible to both the User in FME Server and the account running the FME Server Windows Services.
- Log Files for FME Server Schedules can be accessed in the web interface or FME Server System Share location (specified at installation).
Resources > Logs > Core > current/old > fmescheduler.log - Check the log file to confirm that your schedule is executing correctly and if there are any errors reported.
Common Issues
“My FME Server Schedule does not respect Daylight Saving Time.”
This is a known issue, if you have created a Schedule and configured it to ‘Repeat on Interval’. You may consider leveraging a CRON Expression instead.
“My schedules aren't running.”
Check that you have engines available to run the jobs.
Check the job history, running and queuing pages to check that the schedules are being ran successfully.
Is the schedule definitely enabled and configured correctly?
Check the log files to see if there are any errors.
“Schedules are running twice, but only one exists in the web interface.”
This is an uncommon issue that may occur in Active - Passive Failover FME Server environments. An improper or incomplete failover operation may cause duplication of FME Server Schedules – while an uncommon issue, the common root cause is a very short network interruption that starts a failover operation but does not allow it to complete.
If you find yourself in this scenario, completely shut down FME Server and systematically bring each component back online. In more rare cases, it might be necessary to manually remove records from the fme_schedule_task table in the backend database.
Common Questions from FME Community Q&A
- Can I create a schedule to run as a different user?
- Is it possible to export the FME Server Schedules?
- How do I use the FME Server REST API to enable a Schedule?
- What can I use to schedule an FME Workspace – not using FME Server? - 2
- How can I schedule jobs to run only during the week?
- How can I use Windows Task Scheduler to schedule FME Workspaces? - 2
Popular Ideas by the FME Community
- Set a "Window of Availability" for FME Server Workspaces
- Warn when Deleting Workspace Associated with a Schedule
- Various Improvements for FME Server Schedules
- Add a 'Run Now' Button on the FME Server Schedules page
- Provide a Visualization of Schedules Jobs
- Ability to Set Schedule to Run at FME Server Startup - 2 - 3
- Schedule Notifications in FME Server
Other Resources
Tutorial: Schedule a Workspace to Run with FME Server
How-To: Writing CRON Expressions to Schedule FME Server Jobs
Tutorial: Introduction to Scheduling and Change Detection Workflows in FME Server
Are you still experiencing issues?
Please consider posting to the FME Community Q&A if you are still experiencing issues that are not addressed in this article. There are also different support channels available.
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