Step 9: Schedule backend jobs

Learn how to schedule backend jobs.

In order for the Salesforce Lightning app to continuously synchronize data between Salesforce and Digital River, you will need to schedule backend batch jobs.

Batch job overview

The following batch jobs are part of the Salesforce Lightning app:

• Product Sync batch job

• Fulfillment batch job

• DCM Purge Logs batch job

Product Sync batch job

This batch job is used for product synchronization between Salesforce and Digital River. The Product Sync job will run automatically based on the setting in the batch job configuration record. To update the Product Sync settings, see Configure and synchronize the products.

Fulfillment batch job

This job sends Order and Line Item Level Fulfillment/Cancellation requests to Digital River. This is used for Order and Line Item Level Fulfillment/Cancellation.

DCM purge logs batch job

This job cleans up the DCM purge logs based on the configuration Retention Days using the custom setting Digital River Logger Settings.

Batch job scheduler

This section lists the scripts to schedule the following batch jobs with various batch job run frequency and batch size options.

Batch job name	Description	Default batch size
Digital River - Fulfillment	OrderFulfillment is the batch job that needs to be specified while using scripts for scheduling.	100
Digital River - Purge Log	PurgeLogs is the batch job which needs to be specified while using the scripts for scheduling.	200
Digital River - SKU Group	RetrieveSKUGroup is the batch job which needs to be specified while using the scripts for scheduling. This batch job is used for pulling SKU groups records from Digital River and updating those records on the Product object.	100

The withSizeparameter can be used to specify batch sizes in the batch job scheduler.

The maximum batch size for the Fulfillment/Cancellation batch job is 100.

Batch run frequency

The following batch job frequencies are used for various batch jobs:

Batch frequency	Description	Example
Every X minutes	Schedules fewer jobs to run every X minutes in an hour	digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler. <BatchJobName>.scheduleEveryXMinutes(Integer everyMinute)
Every hour	Schedules jobs to run every hour at a specified minute	digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler. <BatchJobName>.scheduleHourly(Integer minute)
Every day	Schedules jobs to run every day at a specified time	digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler. <BatchJobName>.scheduleDaily(Integer hour, integer minute)
Based on cron expression	Schedules jobs based on cron expression	digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler. <BatchJobName>.scheduleCronExpr(String jobNameToShowUnderScheduledJobs, String cronExpression)

Important: We recommend that you do not schedule any batch jobs less than 5 minutes apart as this can have unexpected results.

Specifying the batch size is optional while scheduling the jobs. Using the withSize parameter, the following syntax is used for specifying the batch size when scheduling a job to run every hour:

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler. <BatchJobName>.withSize(50).scheduleHourly
(Integer minute)

Sample batch run frequency and batch size examples

The following examples are sample frequency and batch size settings for the Fulfillment/Cancellation batch job and DCM Purge Logs batch job:

Schedule Order Fulfillment/Cancellation batch job to run hourly with a batch size of 1.

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler.OrderFulfillment.withSize(1).
scheduleHourly
(1);

Schedule Order Fulfillment/Cancellation batch job to run hourly, using the default batch size of 100.

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler.OrderFulfillment.scheduleHourly
(1);

Schedule Order Fulfillment batch job to run every 5 minutes with a batch size of 50.

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler.OrderFulfillment.withSize(50).
scheduleEveryXMinutes(5);

Schedule Order Fulfillment/Cancellation batch job to run every 4 hours using cron expression. Use the default batch size of 100.

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler.OrderFulfillment.
scheduleCronExpr('Fulfillment Every 4 hours', '0 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 ? 
* *');

Schedule DCM Purge Logs batch job to run nightly at 2AM, using the default batch size of 200.

digitalriverv3.DRB2B_ConnectorScheduler.PurgeLogs.scheduleDaily(2, 0);