Run Scheduled Job from a Batch File

[zrm0008]

If I have several jobs defined in the scheduler of Cognos Connection, can I kick these off from a batch file?
My company recently went to an external scheduler (Control-M) for night time scheduled jobs.  Currently my DecisionStream (DS) 7.1 jobs are scheduled in this external tool.  However, if the DS jobs fail for any reason, I don't want my ReportNet reports to refresh until the DS jobs are complete and the database is updated.  The external scheduler handles all error tracking and the order in which the tasks should run, but it needs to be able to call a batch file to start the report jobs.  We are currently running ReportNet version 1.1 and we do not own the SDK.  We also have loaded PowerPlay 7.2, which shouldn't effect this.  Anyone know of a way to do this?  Thanks!!

[COGNOiSe administrator]

Are you sure you have 7.2? How can they be defined in Cognos Connection 8? Did you post to the wrong forum, perhaps?

[COGNOiSe administrator]

How did you manage to put a 7.2 DS Job in Cognos Connection? Or did you mean Cognos Scheduler?

[zrm0008]

The current scheduled jobs are scheduled through ReportNet 1.1 - Cognos Connection - Schedule Manager, which is time based and not event based.  The external scheduler will be able to call the jobs based on the completion of the ETL loads.  The DecisionStream jobs aren't scheduled in Cognos at all, only through the external tool.  Thanks
(also, reading other postings, this post might belong in the Cognos ReportNet, ReportNet Administration area instead of the Cognos Connection area.  Feel free to move if you need to.)

[COGNOiSe administrator]

Now I get it. So after your DB jobs are done, you want to kick of DS jobs (which should be possible with the already available command-line interface), and than you wantt to fire off some jobs from Cognos Connection scheduler ... A Java/VB/C# (one of them, not all of them) application, which will fire off an event the jobs would have to have the schedule based on (been there, done that) should be able to help you.

Here is Java sample for Cognos 8.2 but if you know are any good with coding, you shjould be able to modify it for ReportNet:

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/**
*
* Copyright 2006 Cognos Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
* Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks of Cognos Incorporated.
*
*/

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import org.apache.axis.client.Stub;

import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.BiBusHeader;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.CAM;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.ContentManagerService_Port;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.ContentManagerService_ServiceLocator;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.EventManagementService_Port;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.EventManagementService_ServiceLocator;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.HdrSession;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.PropEnum;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.QueryOptions;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.SearchPathMultipleObject;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.Sort;
import com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.XmlEncodedXML;

/**
*
*/
public class Trigger
{
private String endpoint;

private ContentManagerService_Port cmService;
private ContentManagerService_ServiceLocator cmServiceLocator;
private EventManagementService_Port eventService;
private EventManagementService_ServiceLocator eventServiceLocator;
private XmlEncodedXML credentialXEX;

public Trigger(String serverURLString)
{
this.endpoint = serverURLString;
if (endpoint == null || endpoint.equals(""))
return;
try
{
//initialize the service locators
eventServiceLocator = new EventManagementService_ServiceLocator();
cmServiceLocator = new ContentManagerService_ServiceLocator();

//get the service objects from the locators
eventService = eventServiceLocator.geteventManagementService(new java.net.URL(endpoint));

cmService = cmServiceLocator.getcontentManagerService(new java.net.URL(endpoint));
//Set the axis timeout to 0 (infinite)
//There may be many, many actions due to this trigger
((Stub)eventService).setTimeout(0);

credentialXEX = new XmlEncodedXML();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public boolean loginAnonymous()
{
if (! loginAnonymousEnabled() )
{
return false;
}

CAM cam = new CAM();
cam.setAction("logon");

HdrSession header = new HdrSession();

BiBusHeader bibus = new BiBusHeader();
bibus.setCAM(cam);
bibus.setHdrSession(header);

((Stub)cmService).setHeader("", "biBusHeader", bibus);
return true;
}

public boolean login(String namespace, String uid, String passwd)
  {
try
{
StringBuffer credentialXML = new StringBuffer();
credentialXML.append("<credential>");
credentialXML.append("<namespace>" + namespace + "</namespace>");
credentialXML.append("<password>" + passwd + "</password>");
credentialXML.append("<username>" + uid + "</username>");
credentialXML.append("</credential>");

credentialXEX.setValue(credentialXML.toString());
cmService.logon(credentialXEX, null);
}
catch (RemoteException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
BiBusHeader bibus =
(BiBusHeader) ((Stub)cmService).getHeaderObject("", "biBusHeader");

if (bibus != null)
{
((Stub)eventService).setHeader("","biBusHeader", bibus);
return true;
}

return false;
}

public void logoff()
{
  try
{
cmService.logoff();
}
  catch (RemoteException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}

}

public boolean loginAnonymousEnabled()
{
SearchPathMultipleObject cmSearch = new SearchPathMultipleObject("~");
try
{
cmService.query(
cmSearch,
new PropEnum[] {},
new Sort[] {},
new QueryOptions());
}
catch (java.rmi.RemoteException remoteEx)
{
return false;
}
BiBusHeader bibus =
(BiBusHeader) ((Stub)cmService).getHeaderObject("", "biBusHeader");

if (bibus != null)
{
((Stub)eventService).setHeader("","biBusHeader", bibus);
return true;
}

return false;
}

public int fireTrigger(String triggerName)
{
try
{
// sn_dg_sdk_method_eventManagementService_trigger_start_1
return eventService.trigger(triggerName);
// sn_dg_sdk_method_eventManagementService_trigger_end_1
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return 0;
}
}

public static void usage()
{
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("Command Line Parameters:");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("<URL> [ <userName> <password> <nameSpace> ] triggerList");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("  Required arguments:");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("          URL - Cognos 8 Server URL");
System.out.println(" eg. \"http://localhost:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch\"");
System.out.println("  triggerList - comma separated list of trigger names");
System.out.println(" eg. \"triggerName1,triggerName2,triggerName3\"");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("  Optional arguments: for use with secured namespace (Anonymous disabled)");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("     userName - username, valid within the namespace, to run the utility");
System.out.println("     password - password for the given user");
System.out.println("    nameSpace - namespace for the desired user");
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
if ((args.length != 5) && (args.length != 2) )
{
usage();
System.exit(-1);
}
String nameSpace = "";
String passwd = "";
String userName = "";
String triggers = "";
String url;
url = args[0];

boolean cmIsReady = false;
Trigger myTrigger = new Trigger(url);

                if (args.length == 5) {
userName = args[1];
passwd = args[2];
nameSpace = args[3];
triggers = args[4];
cmIsReady = myTrigger.login(nameSpace,userName,passwd);
}
else
{
triggers = args[1];
cmIsReady = myTrigger.loginAnonymous();
}

java.util.StringTokenizer triggerTokens = new java.util.StringTokenizer(triggers,",");

if (cmIsReady)
{
int totalTriggersFired = 0;
int triggerFired = 0;

while(triggerTokens.hasMoreTokens())
{
String triggerName = triggerTokens.nextToken();
triggerFired = myTrigger.fireTrigger(triggerName);
if ( triggerFired > 0 )
{
System.out.println("Trigger: " + triggerName + " fired successfully");
totalTriggersFired += 1;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Failed to fire trigger " + triggerName);
}
}
        System.exit(totalTriggersFired);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Error: Login Failure - please try again.");
usage();
System.exit(-2);
}
}

}



[John Doe]

I believe this already exists.  Search the KB/Admin and Security guide for 'trigger.bat'