Delay start of a job

[Nico Rehberg]

Hi.

I would like to delay the start of a job by a certain amount of time. Is that possible?
The jobs are triggered by Shotgrid and I'd like to wait for about 10 minutes before they are actually started (to wait for files being actually present on the server). I've seen WaitForTime, but that can only set a limited set of start times as far as I can tell. Is there something finer?

Thanks,

Nico

[RR, Schoenberger]

Hi

Yes, the rrSubmitter UI dropdown is limited regarding the hours you can choose from.
But the rrJob setting used later is not.
You need to use Python to modify it.
Please create a new “per job” on-Submission script via the rrSubmitter menu.
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import datetime

 

job= rr.getJob()

nowTime = datetime.datetime.now()

laterTime= nowTime + timedelta(minutes = 10)
job.timeToEnable= laterTime

rr.setJob(job)
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On-Submission scripts can be enabled by default via the rrSubmitter menu.
Or you can use Defaults- Edit via UI to find out the parameter name to place it  into an <SubmitterParameter>  Xml setting.

e.g. for the “Example-setEnvLine” on-submission script it would be:

OSperjob_Example-setEnvLine=1~1

 

 

regards,
Holger Schönberger

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[Nico Rehberg]

Thanks, 

it's a bit indirect, but it works for my use case.