Tasks
Tasks are scheduled activities which rebuild your indexes at predefined intervals. They are created on a repository and then executed by a standard scheduled task called Repository Task Handler which runs every 5 minutes. Like all scheduled tasks, this task is itself executed by a scheduled task on the server so exact timing can be tricky - and you should be careful to base important processes on it.
To create a repository task:
- Go to Settings > Repositories and open a Repository – then click Add task in the toolbar
- Provide a name
- Click OK
This opens the Task configuration view (Figure 1.1).
To configure the task:
- Select a start time and optionally an end time
- Select a repeat interval
- Under Type Parameters select
- An index (most likely you have only one per repository)
- A builder action (you may have several, depending on the type of index)
- Click Save and close
As an alternative to repository tasks you can also create a regular scheduled task using the Build repository index add-in. This add-in allows you to select an index with 2 builds (e.g. full and partial) and execute them using the same scheduled task.