Hi, just testing VC.

In our current scheduler you assign every task to a queue. Each queue will only run 1 task at a time, so by having 3 queues (fast, medium, and slow tasks), this limits machine load.

In VC, if I create say 20 tasks which watch for incoming files, and all 20 tasks are triggered, is there a way to run them sequentially?

By default, if you use a Trigger on a Job, it is run separately for each file that is being Triggered. This is so you can use the unique File Trigger Variables in each Execution.

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Thanks for the reply, but not following…

We have a number of incoming file directories, let's say:

dir1… dir50

Each directory receives a different kind of file.

Our existing scheduler watches every directory…
if a file arrives in dir1, then task1 is triggered
if a file arrives in dir2, then task2 is triggered
if a file arrives in dir5, and another in dir10, then tasks 5 and 10 are triggered

How can I set up file triggers in VisualCron, but not have 50 tasks running at the same time?

In VisualCron you can either watch a single directory (with sub folders) or add many File Triggers (each watching a folder). However, also by default, subsequent calls (new files) to Triggers causes a queue which results in that it processes one Job at a time (wait for first Job/file to be finished before processing next).

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Cool, I'll have a play with a single trigger for the file watch jobs. But in general there's no way to limit the number of concurrent tasks running in VisualCron?