Overview of Sitecore QuartzScheduler

In this blog I am highlighting the features and usage of Sitecore QuartzScheduler Module. This will be useful for anyone who wants to use this module

Problem this module addresses

• Until know scheduling and knowing how your jobs are performing in Sitecore has been a challenge. By default jobs execute based on the sliding duration of app pool start and hence it is not predictive enough.
• You dont know how long jobs are taking and whether they are having race conditions
• I cannot execute a particular job on-demand
• I cannot define multiple and complex schedules for a job

Solution

• Sitecore QuartzScheduler is an attempt to address these pain points. This is based on industry proven Quartz Scheduler for .net - enterprise scheduler framework

Features

• Bulit on Quartz.net - industry proven enterprise job scheduler
• Manage and Define Jobs and when those jobs will trigger (according to server clock time and not app pool recycle sliding time)
• Define triggers based on duration every few hours, minutes or seconds
• Define triggers to fire daily
• Define triggers that fire only certain days of the week
• Define triggers that fire monthly once on any given day
• If none-of the above suits your need - Define custom triggers based on cron- expression guidelines of Quartz.net
• Job Performance Dashboard showing
• Job Performance Average and Maximum time it has taken
• Individual Job Performance - from last app pool recycle
• Current Execution Status and next fire times for each job trigger defined
• Execute a job on-demand (instead of waiting for schedule to trigger)
• Download job performance data as a Json file (in the event you are recycling the app pool and want to retain this data before you do so)
• Out of the box jobs for
• Cleanup Publish Queue
• Cleanup Event Queue
• Cleanup History
• You can create your own jobs and create definition items in Sitecore through Sitecore SPEAK app
• Extensible - create your own trigger statistics store to store performance benchmarks for longer term rather than in application cache

Feature walk-through

Launch and Navigation

Quick launch button in the Launchpad

Simple navigation

Dashboard

To view Job performance summary on what is the avg time taken by a job and maximum time it has taken so far

To view individual job performance trend

To view current job execution status and when the next trigger for each job will fire

Manage Jobs

Ability to manage and define your own jobs which are implemented according to Quartz.net guidance

Create / Edit Jobs

Create / Edit Triggers

Refer installation instructions on my blog post here OR on Sitecore marketplace once it becomes available