Introduction
The BIMrx® Cloud Manager Jobs system provides commands to perform tasks that are either time-consuming or repetitive by nature. These tasks execute automatically according to a pre-determined schedule and run regardless of whether BIMrx® Cloud Manager is running or not. The only requirement is that the computer to which the Job is deployed be running.
For example, let’s say there is a need to back up projects once a week for archival purposes. Further, this must be done either at night or over the weekend when users are no longer using the system and all data has been saved and is up to date. A BIMrx® Cloud Manager Job can be defined to run at 10PM on Friday night, for example, to perform this task. Without any human intervention, it will execute automatically at the specified time and download all files to the prescribed folder. On completion, the Job will send an email documenting the Job ran and successfully completed, what was backed up, how much time it took, the total backup size, etc. If there were any errors while processing, it communicates complete information on what happened and at what point during the process it occurred.
As of version 2.2, Jobs can be deployed to remote servers across the network. This can help in situations where there is concern regarding whether a machine will be turned on and connected to the network when the scheduled task is ready to execute. Deployment to and management of these remote-deployed Jobs is no different than it was previously, when the only option was interacting with the local machine.
Project file uploading; downloading; exporting Revit® models to PDF, NWC, and DWG; and publishing of Revit® Cloud Workshared models are supported for scheduled operation.