Running Jobs Automatically Using Auto Start

The Auto Start feature lets you configure any job to automatically start and run at a specified interval.

Automatic job activation is handled by a background task on the Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF server. The job activation task wakes up every N number of minutes, searches for all saved job definitions that have Auto Start enabled, and then activates all of those jobs whose last start time is older than the job's Auto Start interval.

Note: The Auto Start feature is designed for jobs that you want to run frequently. If there is a job that you need to run on a specific day and time (for example, every Friday at 12 a.m.), you can use the scheduling feature instead.

Enable Auto Start on the server

To enable Auto Start for a particular job, the Auto Start feature must be enabled on the server first. The Auto Start feature is enabled by default when you install Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF. (If you need to disable the Auto Start feature on the server, set the Enable Auto Start configuration property to False, which disables the Auto Start background task.)

Enable Auto Start for a particular job

When creating a job, or when editing a job definition, you can enable Auto Start for that job by setting Automatic Start Enabled to True on the Auto Start tab of the Job Builder dialog. You can also set the Auto Start interval and whether the job will run in full or in incremental mode (by default, Auto Start jobs run in incremental mode).