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Timer

Contains APIs to maintain timer tasks. Can schedule, de-schedule functions and set the timer frequency. If the timer frequency isn't set on the process it should be set using .d.prcl.setTimerFreq. Tasks can be setup at a specified frequency and optionally have start and end times. The interval can be specified to millisecond granularity.

Warning

Start, end and run times are all local time

User code should avoid overwriting the .z.ts definition

.d.prcl.activateFunct

Activate a timer function by ID.

Parameter:

Name Type Description
id int Timer ID

Example:

 .d.prcl.activateFunct[2i]

.d.prcl.addFunctToTimer

Adds the named function to the timer and assigns it a unique id. If funct is already scheduled and is active the function logs an error message and returns. Can optionally specify start and end times.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
funct symbol Function name
functParams list List of function parameters
stDT datetime Start time
endDT datetime End time
repFreq int Repeat frequency (milliseconds)
act boolean Schedule function as active

Example: Run immediately every second indefinitely

 .d.prcl.addFunctToTimer[`runJob; (); 0Nz; 0Wz; 1000i; 1b]

Example: Run on the hour every hour until midnight

 .d.prcl.addFunctToTimer[`runJob; (`EUR; 1000i); "z"$.z.D+3600000 xbar .z.T; 1+"z"$.z.D+00:00:00.0; 3600000i; 1b]

.d.prcl.deactFunct

Deactivate a timer function.

Parameter:

Name Type Description
id int Timer ID

Example:

 .d.prcl.deactFunct[2i]

.d.prcl.forceFunctToTimer

Force function to timer even if already exists. Same behavior as .d.prcl.addFunctToTimer.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
funct symbol Function name
functParams list List of function parameters
stDT datetime Start time
endDT datetime End time
repFreq int Repeat frequency (milliseconds)
act boolean Schedule function as active

Example: Run immediately every second indefinitely

 .d.prcl.forceFunctToTimer[`runJob; (); 0Nz; 0Wz; 1000i; 1b]

Example: Run on the hour every hour until midnight

 .d.prcl.forceFunctToTimer[`runJob; (`EUR; 1000i); "z"$.z.D+3600000 xbar .z.T; 1+"z"$.z.D+00:00:00.0; 1b]

.d.prcl.getTimerDetailsByID

Returns the function details for a given ID. Same return format as .d.prcl.getTimerDetails

Parameter:

Name Type Description
id int Function ID

Returns:

Type Description
([actID:int] nxtRun:datetime; functName:symbol; functParams:list; start:datetime; end:datetime; rptFreq:float; active:boolean) Table of timer details

Example:

 .d.prcl.getTimerDetailsByID[3i]
 /=> actID| nxtRun                  functName functParams start                   end repeatFreq   active
 /=> -----| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /=> 3    | 2017.02.07T11:35:16.334 runJob    `EUR 1000i  2017.02.07T11:30:16.334 0w  0.0001157407 1

.d.prcl.getTimerDetails

Return the timer details for a list of functions

Parameter:

Name Type Description
functList symbol[] List of functions

Returns:

Type Description
table ([actID:int] nxtRun:datetime; functName:symbol; functParams:list; start:datetime; end:datetime; rptFreq:float; active:boolean) Table of timer details

Example:

 .d.prcl.getTimerDetails[`.page.clearCache`runJob]
 /=> actID| nxtRun                  functName        functParams start                   end repeatFreq   active
 /=> -----| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /=> 1    | 2017.02.07T11:30:42.383 .page.clearCache             2017.02.07T10:31:42.383 0w  0.0006944444 1
 /=> 3    | 2017.02.07T11:30:26.334 runJob           `EUR 1000i  2017.02.07T11:30:16.334 0w  0.0001157407 1

.d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimerByFParam

Remove specific function and parameter combination from timer

Parameters:

Name Type Description
funct symbol Function name
params list List of parameters. Needs to be enlisted to match record in timer table

Example: Delete all instances of function

 .d.prcl.addFunctToTimer[`runJob; (`EUR;1000i); 0Nz; 0Wz; 10000i; 1b]
 .d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimerByFParam[`runJob; enlist (`EUR;1000i)]

.d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimerByID

Remove function from timer for a specific ID.

Parameter:

Name Type Description
id int ID of function

Example:

 .d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimer[2i]

.d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimer

Remove function from timer. If more than one instance of the function is on the timer, the second parameter dictates whether to delete all or take no action. If set to true, will delete all.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
funct symbol Function name
frDelete boolean Delete all instances of function if true

Example: Delete all instances of function

 .d.prcl.removeFuncFromTimer[`runJob; 1b]

.d.prcl.setTimerFreq

Set the timer frequency

Parameter:

Name Type Description
timeFreq int Timer frequency (milliseconds)

Example:

 .d.prcl.setTimerFreq[1000]