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ScheduledMethod class

Bases: Job

A periodic scheduled method used by Taipy Scheduler. A scheduled method is usually created and returned by the Scheduler.every() method, which also defines its interval.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
interval int

A quantity of a certain time unit.

scheduler Scheduler

The scheduler instance used to schedule the method.

Methods

at()

at(
    time: Union[str, time, datetime],
    tz: Optional[str] = None,
) -> "ScheduledMethod"

Specify a particular time that the method should be run at.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

time

Union[str, time, datetime]

The time or date when the method gets invoked.
If a datetime.time or datetime.datetime object:

  • For daily scheduled methods, the hours, minutes, and seconds will be used.
  • For hourly scheduled methods, the minutes and seconds will be used.
  • For minute scheduled methods, only the second will be used.

If a string, it must be in one of the following formats:

  • For daily, monthly, or yearly scheduled methods -> "HH:MM:SS" or "HH:MM"
  • For hourly scheduled methods -> "MM:SS" or ":MM"
  • For minute scheduled methods -> ":SS"
required

tz

Optional[str]

The timezone that this timestamp refers to. Can be a string that can be parsed by pytz.timezone(), or a pytz.BaseTzInfo object.

None

do()

do(
    function: Callable, *args, **kwargs
) -> "ScheduledMethod"

Schedule a custom function to run.

Any additional arguments are passed on to function when the job runs.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

function

Callable

The function to run.

required

*args

list[any]

The arguments to pass to the function.

()

**kwargs

dict[str, any]

The keyword arguments to pass to the function.

{}

do_create_and_submit_scenario()

do_create_and_submit_scenario(
    config: ScenarioConfig,
    creation_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
    name: Optional[str] = None,
)

Schedule the creation and submission of a scenario.

When triggered, create_scenario() is invoked to create a new scenario, then submit() is executed on the newly created scenario.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

config

ScenarioConfig

The scenario configuration used to create a new scenario.

required

creation_date

Optional[datetime]

The creation date of the scenario. If None, the current date time is used.

None

name

Optional[str]

The displayable name of the scenario.

None

do_create_scenario()

do_create_scenario(
    config: ScenarioConfig,
    creation_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
    name: Optional[str] = None,
)

Schedule the create_scenario() method.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

config

ScenarioConfig

The scenario configuration.

required

creation_date

Optional[datetime]

The creation date of the scenario. If None, the current date time is used.

None

name

Optional[str]

The displayable name of the scenario.

None

do_submit()

do_submit(
    entity: Union[Scenario, Sequence, Task],
    force: bool = False,
    wait: bool = False,
    timeout: Optional[Union[float, int]] = None,
)

Schedule the submit() method.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

entity

Union[Scenario, Sequence, Task]

The scenario, sequence or task entity to submit.

required

force

bool

If True, the execution is forced even if for skippable tasks.

False

wait

bool

Wait for the orchestrated jobs created from the submission to be finished in asynchronous mode.

False

timeout

Union[float, int]

The optional maximum number of seconds to wait for the jobs to be finished before returning.

None

on()

on(date: Union[str, date, datetime]) -> 'ScheduledMethod'

Specify a particular date that the method should be run on.

This method applies only to monthly and yearly scheduled methods.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default

date

Union[str, date, datetime]

The date when the method gets invoked.
If this parameter is a datetime.date or a datetime.datetime object:

  • For monthly scheduled methods, only the day will be used.
  • For yearly scheduled methods, the month and day will be used.

If this parameter is a string, it must be in one of the following formats:

  • For monthly scheduled methods -> "DD". The day string can be a number representing the date, or a negative number representing the number of days from the end of the month. For example, -1 represents the last day of the month.
  • For yearly scheduled methods -> "MM DD". The month can be a number representing the month or the name of the month in English (e.g. "January" or "Jan"). The day string can be a number representing the date, or a negative number representing the number of days from the end of the month. For example, -1 represents the last day of the month.
required