CRON Functions

Description

Alpha Anywhere provides the following Xbasic functions for working with CRON expressions.

For more information on working with CRON expressions, see How to run scheduled reports - CRON Jobs.

Name

Description

a5_updateCRONLog Function

Use a5_updateCRONLog() to add entries to the CRON Job Log system table when a CRON job runs. This helper function is typically called at the end of the .a5w page that implements the job to record whether it succeeded or failed.

cron_describe Function

Returns a human-readable description of a CRON expression.

cron_nextExecutionTime Function

Returns the next execution time for a CRON expression as a date/time string.

cron_validate Function

Validates a CRON expression. Returns the string "valid" if the expression is valid, or an error message in the form "Error: <errortext>" if the expression is invalid.