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LINKTools® Scheduler: IMPLEMENTING THE INTERFACE
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LINKTools® Scheduler (Interface Automation)

The LINKTools® Scheduler allows installers to schedule and automate repetitive and/or once-daily interface tasks and processes interface transactions at user defined time intervals.
For example, the scheduler is able to execute task command for copying or moving data (for archive purposes), run the LINKTools® Interface Engine to execute data transformation or Interface Manager utility (Deleting aged records and ensuring the efficient operation of the interface), suspend the interface for back-ups, run the LINKTools® batch utility that creates batch files (if applicable), and even run programs or utilities provided by the user that is not part of the LINKTools® Application. The Scheduler can be stopped, paused, reset and restarted at the user's discretion. The Scheduler also provides the user with a scrollable view of all interface events that have taken place and/or are occurring in real-time and the log file that describe the time and task its execute. The following are steps to access the LINKTools® Scheduler configuration Dialog Box:

  1. Locate the LINKTools® Scheduler on the desktop shortcut, and then double click to start LINKTools® interface automation
  2. Click Pause on the Tools menu of the LINKTools® Scheduler. If password enable, on the first invocation, you will be prompted to set a password. On subsequent accesses to this function and to shutdown the LINKTools® Scheduler, you will be prompted for this password. When you successfully setting up your password the scheduler will turn gray. Click on File and select "Configuration" to open the scheduler Configuration Dialog Box
  3. The LINKTools® Scheduler configuration dialog box is divided into two section:
    a- Applications in the first section is activated once a day (Process Manager)
    b- Applications in the second section is running at default two second interval (Repetitive Task)
  4. The first section "PROCESS MANAGER Suspends From" has on the right side of the column a default time set at 04:00 AM to 04:30 AM uses for LINKTools® Management application to suspense interface operation and activates the interface routine management to purge old patient records stored in the Backup folders and in the intermediate database (DBASE only)
  5. The “Run Once A Day” contains single event task command line, by default the first command is a call to LINKTools® Interface Management Routine "LTMANAGE.exe". The LTMANAGE application uses pre-configured instruction from the INI file called “LTManageOrder.ini” to execute its task. The LTManageOrder.ini contains the Rule File (rule_file)
  6. The "Run Once a Day" contains single event task column, by default the first command line in this column is a call to LINKTools® Interface Management Routine called LTMANAGE.exe. The LTMANAGE application uses pre-configured instruction from ini file "LTManageOrder.ini" to execute its task. The LTManageOrder.ini contains one Rule File (rule_file) and many delete file rules (del_file). The rule_file is used in conjunction to the Mapper interface template that utilized an intermediate database in order to purge aged patient records stored there
    (Note: for SQL or MySQL database the process uses LTManageSQL.exe).
    The delete file rules (del_file) is used to delete interface backup transactions in the backup folder,
    LINKTools® Interface Management Routine will purge old interface transactions and clean up its intermediate database that is older than 30 days by default, installer can configure the LTmanageOrder.ini if longer storage greater than 30 days is needed
  7. The second section is a "Repetitive Task column", here all the interface call command lines are placed, when the scheduler activated by user the interface automation start.
    LINKTools® Interface Engine is triggered by the command call to processed data transformation by reading instructions and Tags in the Mapper interface templates reference in this column
    The following is example of a command call to trigger the LINKTools® interface engine and the Mapper interface template reference:

    C:\LINK\LTUP.exe C:\LINK\OrderLNK.MPR

    C:\LINK\LTUP.exe = this command is to trigger the LINKTools® interface engine
    C:\LINK\OrderLNK.MPR = this call is a pointer for LTUP to the reference Mapper interface template
Example of LTManageOrder.ini file:

[LTMANAGE]
archive_directory=c:\LINK\backup<<<Your Backup folder
rule_file=c:\LINK\orderlnk.mpr,30<<<Mapper name and duration of records older than 30 day to purge
del_file=c:\LINK\backup\orderR\*.ord,30<<<Directory of the backup files older than 30 day to be purged
del_file=c:\LINK\backup\ResultR\*.txt,30
del_file=c:\LINK\backup\ResultL\*.lin,30
del_file=c:\LINK\backup\ResultS\*.sen,30
del_file=c:\LINK\Archive!\Receive!\*.ord,30
del_file=c:\LINK\Archive!\Send!\*.sen,30
del_file=c:\LINK\Archive!\Update!\*.txt,30
del_file=c:\LINK\l*.log,1
mode=auto




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