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Blis2 - Developed by J3 Systems www.j3systems.co.za.

Scheduled Cron Jobs

Scheduled tasks on a linux operating system are called cron jobs. The cron jobs are managed through the ISPConfig 3 hosting panel.

In Blis2 there are the following cron jobs:

Order Import

The Order Import cron imports all current open orders.

• Script: crons/import_xml_orders.php
• API: BlisCost
• Runtime: 2,7,12,17,22,27,32,37,42,47,52,57 minutes

The following processes take place

Connect to the API and save the XML file, if there are errors stop the processing.

Set the importing flag and start reading the local saved XML file.

Find the Customer's default warehouse.

Check if order exists:

Yes

Delete the order items and update the header.

No

Create the new order and set the status to 0 (import).

Get the costs and calculate item costs

Insert the order items.

Update the Order header.

Flag Exceptions

- Set the order status to 1 where all the warehouses are NW or BW and the status is 0 (imported)

- Set the order status to 1 where the status is 0 and the total cost > own cost

Auto release orders

- Send WHConfirm for all the orders left on status 0

Flag Complete

- Set the status for all the auto released orders (status is 0) to 2

Customer Master Import

Imports the Customer information

• Script: crons/import_xml_cust.php
• API: BlisCustomerMaster
• Runtime: 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22 hours, 00 minutes

The following processes take place

Connect to the API and save the XML file, if there are errors stop the processing.

If the customer exists we update the details else we create a new record.

Item Master Import

Imports the Stock item list

• Script: crons/import_xml_prod.php
• API: BlisItemMaster
• Runtime: 0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21 hours, 30 minutes

The following processes take place

Connect to the API and save the XML file, if there are errors stop the processing.

If the customer exists we update the details else we create a new record.

Schedule Import

Imports the schedule

• Script: crons/import_xml_schedule.php
• API: BlisSalesOrder
• Runtime: 3,8,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,53,58 minutes

The following processes take place

Connect to the API and save the XML file, if there are errors stop the processing.

Set the importing flag and start reading the local saved XML file.

Set the delete flag for all current records to 1.

If the order exists we delete the order items and update the order header and we set the delete flag to 0, else we Create a new order header and set the delete flag to 0.

Get the costs and calculate item costs.

Update all the order header calculated totals.

Set the delete field to the delete flag for all records.

Set the Order status to 9 (delivered) for all SJ, SP, SD, SB, SC, TJ warehouses where the orders have been set to deleted.

Set the Order status to 1 (new) for all SJ, SP, SD, SB, SC, TJ warehouses where the orders are not set to deleted.

Set the importing flag to complete.