Scheduled Publishing
Digest
Cascade Server allows certain types of assets to be published on a schedule. Cascade Server 6.8 has introduced more flexible ways of scheduling publishing of these assets and also it has introduced ability to adjust scheduled publishing time according to Daylight Savings Time changes.
Concept
The following types of assets can be published on a schedule:
Once scheduled for publishing, an asset will be added to the publish queue at the specified time. Therefore, the actual publishing of an asset could start later, depending on whether or not the publish queue is empty at the time when the asset is being added to it.
Technical
Scheduled publishing can be configured on an asset when creating or editing it. Once enabled, the following frequency options are available:
- Every day - the asset will be published daily at the time specified.
- Each selected day(s) - the asset will be published each given day of the week at the time specified.
- Every n hours - the asset will be published every specified number of hours starting at the time specified.
Note: this setting does not respect DST changes. For example, if set to publish every 12 hours starting at 1:00 am, it will publish at 1:00 am and 1:00 pm. However, during Daylight Savings Time it will be publishing at 2:00 am and 2:00 pm. This is because at the day of DST change, 12 hours will pass between the 1:00 am and 2:00 pm.
- Cron expression (advanced) - the asset will be published on a schedule specified by a provided cron expression. Please see an outside resource for more information regarding cron expressions.