[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Action triggers

[Ben Shum]

Hi Alexey,

I didn't get a chance to read through all the documentation links being 
shared thus far, but I can tell you that we are still using the exact 
same process for action_trigger_runner.pl since 2.0. There's a few new 
options that we're still experimenting with, such as granularity and 
processing in parallel, but largely our nightly processes have gone 
unchanged.

Presently we chose to operate our cronjobs similarly to how they were 
established in crontab.example that's included with the Evergreen code 
with some adjustments based on our own desired operating schedule.

Since nothing significant has changed though, I would assume that 
information in older 2.0 docs are likely still valuable.

As for why it's "missing" from 2.1/2.2, I'm unclear on how DIG decides 
to port documentation forward, but that seems like a good question to 
have DIG members respond to.

-- Ben


On 08/03/2012 01:18 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich wrote:
> The http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:action_trigger page seems to describe how the process works and what the fields in the client mean when setting up action triggers. From that page and other documentation I gather that active triggers happen automatically and passive triggers need a cron job. Ok.
>
> My question is still whether or not http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.0/draft/html/ProcessingActionTriggers.html is relevant in current versions, or if this process has been replaced with other better ways of doing this.  Is it a problem of missing documentation for this section in 2.1 and 2.2?  Or was the section removed from documentation because the feature is obsolete or no longer needed or not recommended?
>
> If you are a sysadmin, are you using action_trigger_runner.pl or what other scripts as cron jobs for things like overdues, etc.?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2012, at 09:15 , Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich wrote:
>
>> David, yes, I read through it.  I think I am still missing something though.
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2012, at 21:42 , David Busby wrote:
>>
>>> Alexey,
>>> Did you see this one:
>>> http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:action_trigger
>>>
>>> I recently made updates to that page while working with A/T
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Busby
>>> Edoceo, Inc.
>>> http://edoceo.com/
>>> 206.282.6500
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich
>>> <alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hello, everybody.
>>>>
>>>> In Evergreen documentation for versions 1.6 and 2.0 I can locate the section on Processing Action Triggers [1].
>>>>
>>>> I can't seem to find the equivalent section in documentation for versions 2.1 and 2.2. I am working with 2.2.
>>>>
>>>> Is the information [1] still relevant?  Or are action triggers processed differently these days?
>>>>
>>>> Any help is welcome, including in the form of a link to a piece of documentation or a list thread I may have overlooked when searching for information on this topic.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.0/draft/html/ProcessingActionTriggers.html
>>>>
>>>> Alexey Lazar
>>>> PALS
>>>> Information System Developer and Integrator
>>>> 507-389-2907
>>>> http://www.mnpals.org/
>>>>
>>
>> Alexey Lazar
>> PALS
>> Information System Developer and Integrator
>> 507-389-2907
>> http://www.mnpals.org/
>>
>
> Alexey Lazar
> PALS
> Information System Developer and Integrator
> 507-389-2907
> http://www.mnpals.org/
>
>

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