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Actions scheduled using the TimescaleDB automation framework run periodically in
a background worker. You can change the schedule of these jobs with the
alter_job function. To alter an existing job, refer to it by job_id. The
job_id runs a given action, and its current schedule can be found in the
timescaledb_information.jobs view, which lists information about every
scheduled action, as well as in timescaledb_information.job_stats. The
job_stats view also gives information about when each job was last run and
other useful statistics for deciding what the new schedule should be.
Required arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
job_id | INTEGER | The ID of the policy job being modified |
Optional arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
schedule_interval | INTERVAL | The interval at which the job runs. Defaults to 24 hours |
max_runtime | INTERVAL | The maximum amount of time the job is allowed to run by the background worker scheduler before it is stopped |
max_retries | INTEGER | The number of times the job is retried if it fails |
retry_period | INTERVAL | The amount of time the scheduler waits between retries of the job on failure |
scheduled | BOOLEAN | Set to FALSE to exclude this job from being run as background job |
config | JSONB | Job-specific configuration, passed to the function when it runs |
next_start | TIMESTAMPTZ | The next time at which to run the job. The job can be paused by setting this value to infinity, and restarted with a value of now() |
if_exists | BOOLEAN | Set to true to issue a notice instead of an error if the job does not exist. Defaults to false. |
When a job begins, the next_start parameter is set to infinity. This
prevents the job from attempting to be started again while it is running. When
the job completes, whether or not the job is successful, the parameter is
automatically updated to the next computed start time.
Returns
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
job_id | INTEGER | The ID of the job being modified |
schedule_interval | INTERVAL | The interval at which the job runs. Defaults to 24 hours |
max_runtime | INTERVAL | The maximum amount of time the job is allowed to run by the background worker scheduler before it is stopped |
max_retries | INTEGER | The number of times the job is retried if it fails |
retry_period | INTERVAL | The amount of time the scheduler waits between retries of the job on failure |
scheduled | BOOLEAN | Returns true if the job is executed by the TimescaleDB scheduler |
config | JSONB | Job-specific configuration, passed to the function when it runs |
next_start | TIMESTAMPTZ | The next time to run the job |
Sample usage
Reschedules job ID 1000 so that it runs every two days:
SELECT alter_job(1000, schedule_interval => INTERVAL '2 days');Disables scheduling of the compression policy on the conditions hypertable:
SELECT alter_job(job_id, scheduled => false)
FROM timescaledb_information.jobs
WHERE proc_name = 'policy_compression' AND hypertable_name = 'conditions'Reschedules continuous aggregate job ID 1000 so that it next runs at 9:00:00 on 15 March, 2020:
SELECT alter_job(1000, next_start => '2020-03-15 09:00:00.0+00');Found an issue on this page?
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