Manual Tasks

Manual tasks operate the same as all other tasks, except they do not get executed automatically by the Transaction Server. To define a manual task, create a <TIMER> element within a <TASK> definition, and set the type attribute to manual.

Example:

<TASK background="yes">
   <NAME>25 Minute Afternoon Nap</NAME>
   <EXEC>
      com.ibm.icpcs.transactionserver.scheduler.ScheduledTaskSample
   </EXEC>
   <INFO>My manual task. 7-24-2020</INFO>
   <TIMER type="manual"></TIMER>
</TASK>

Since this is a manual task, the <TIMER> element does not need a <STARTING> tag. The scheduled task is started only by using the Control Center.