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24x7 Scheduler - Feature Comparison
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Windows built-in scheduler |
Unix/Linux crontab |
24x7 Scheduler Windows Edition |
24x7 Scheduler Multi-platform Edition |
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| Modern style GUI interface |
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(none or primitive) |
(rich GUI + web console) |
(rich GUI + web console) |
| Shell command line interface |
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| "Quick-start" job templates (from simple program runs to complicated file and database replications) |
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| SQL jobs using direct database interfaces (run SQL batches, stored procedures, packages, etc...) |
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| Job Automation Language jobs, including built-in file functions, FTP, SQL, HTTP, MAPI, RAS, SMTP, Lotus Notes, Telnet and more... |
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| Cross-platform JavaScript jobs with extensions, including built-in file functions, process management, FTP, SMTP, and more... |
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| Built-in batch/shell script jobs supporting code security and auto-deployment features. |
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| VB Script jobs with extensions, including built-in file functions, process management, FTP, SMTP, and more... |
(only external) |
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(Windows platforms) |
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| Powerful script editor with syntax highlighting and a built-in debugger |
(SQL, JAL, & VBS) |
(SQL, JAL, JavaScript, VBS, shell scripts ) |
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| Run as a Windows/Unix service process |
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| Run as a Desktop graphical application |
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| Run as a console mode application |
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| Can run jobs on different platforms |
(using agents) |
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| Fail-over mode to ensure high-availability without interrupting of job processing (single/multi computer configurations supported) |
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| Jobs triggers:
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Time-based (schedule) |
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Event subscription (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Simple Queue Service, Microsoft Azure Storage Queue) |
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File-watch (new or changed files) |
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Process watch (start/end of a process) |
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Email-watch (new email) |
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User-defined event polling methods (database-watches, process-watches, window-watches, etc..) |
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| Advanced job calendaring |
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| Job can be triggered on certain business days with holiday exception logic built-in (example: 2nd workday of every month) |
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| Job dependencies support (Graphical job dependencies editor included) |
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| Job monitoring |
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| Built-in reports (support for real-time Web reports included) |
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| Local jobs |
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| Remote jobs: Powerful distributed job processing architecture |
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| Advanced job queuing with priorities and execution dependencies |
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| Asynchronous execution |
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| Synchronous execution (run job sequentially) |
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| Send keystrokes to programs |
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(using JAL commands) |
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| Jobs can have parametric file and time definitions (for example: data file name can be the same as last business day of month - 052997.dat and this job can be executed on first business day of month) |
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| Automatic notifications based on job execution progress and errors |
( Email, pager, network popup, files, SNMP traps, database commands) |
( Email, files, network popup, SNMP traps, database commands) |
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| Complete job auditing and logging (integrated log for both local and remote jobs; support for real-time Web reports included) |
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| Job execution statistics |
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| Client-server architecture (remote job scheduling and management) |
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| Web-based interface for job scheduling, management and monitoring |
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| Advanced monitoring and reporting |
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| API for job scheduling and management from external programs |
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(4 APIs: command line; OLE/COM; DDE, Java) |
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