Schedule Step

The Schedule step blocks until the current date/time evaluates to the given cron expression, or the configured FlexDeploy group overrides to continue.


Field

Description

Step Name

The name of the gate.

DescriptionAn optional description for the step.

Schedule Cron Expression

The FlexDeploy group which is responsible for approving or rejecting the task associated with this step.  Sample cron expressions are provided in the  drop-down.  A free cron expression builder such as Cron Maker can also be used, but it must be compatible with 

Schedule Override RoleThe pipeline role which is allowed to continue execution prior to the step completing on the configured schedule.

Precondition

An optional Groovy script which determines whether the gate or step is applicable during execution.  The script has access to variables and methods listed in the expression drop-down.  The script must return true if the gate/step is applicable, or false otherwise.  If no script is provided, the default is to return true (applicable).

ContinueIf checked, any failure will be ignored, and the pipeline execution will continue.
Notify Pipeline RoleSelects one or more roles from the pipeline definition to notify in case of error.  Default role members are defined on the pipeline, and optional overridden for each release.

Script Variables

Optionally, a Groovy script can be written for any Subject, Message, and Precondition fields. The script has access to the following variables and methods listed in the expression  drop-down.

Variable

Description

ReleaseName

Name of the release provided when created
SnapshotNameName of the snapshot (auto generated by date and time when created)
SnapshotDuplicateFilesFlagTrue if there are duplicate files in the snapshot
SnapshotDescriptionDescription of the snapshot
StageExecutionId

ID of the execution

Methods for FD_Release variable.

Method

Description

FD_Release.areAllProjectsDeployed()returns true if all projects in snapshot are deployed
FD_Release.areAllProjectsDeployed(groupName)returns true if all projects in a specific group are deployed
FD_Release.areAllUtilitySuccessful()returns true if all utility workflows were successful
FD_Release.areAllUtilitySuccessful(groupName)returns true if all utility workflows in a specific group were successful
FD_Release.getEnvironmentCode()returns environment code
FD_Release.getReleaseName()returns the name of the release
FD_Release.getProjectStageExecution(projectId, packageName)returns ProjectStageExecution given a project ID and package name
FD_Release.getProjectStageExecution(projectName, packageName)returns ProjectStageExecution given a project name and package name
FD_Release.getSnapshotName()returns the name of the snapshot
FD_Release.getSnapshotProjects()returns the projects in the snapshot
FD_Release.getSnapshotProjectsAsString()returns all project names in snapshot concatenated in the format "ProjectName, PartialProjectName (PackageName), ..."
FD_Release.getSnapshotDeployedProjects()returns the projects in the snapshot which were deployed
FD_Release.getSnapshotDeployedProjectsAsString()returns all deployed project names in snapshot concatenated in the format "ProjectName, PartialProjectName (PackageName), ..."
FD_Release.getSnapshotFailedProjects()returns the projects in the snapshot which failed to deploy
FD_Release.getSnapshotFailedProjectsAsString()returns all failed project names in snapshot concatenated in the format "ProjectName, PartialProjectName (PackageName), ..."
FD_Release.getSnapshotSkippedProjects()returns the projects in the snapshot which were skipped
FD_Release.getSnapshotSkippedProjectsAsString()

returns all skipped project names in snapshot concatenated in the format "ProjectName, PartialProjectName (PackageName), ..."

FD_Release.getSnapshotNotAttemptedProjects()returns the projects in the snapshot which were not attempted
FD_Release.getSnapshotNotAttemptedProjectsAsString()returns all not attempted project names in snapshot concatenated in the format "ProjectName, PartialProjectName (PackageName), ..."
FD_Release.isAnyDeployFailed()returns true if any projects failed to deploy
FD_Release.isAnyDeployFailed(groupName)returns true if any projects in a specific group of projects failed to deploy
FD_Release.isAnyDeployOrUtilityFailed()returns true if any projects or utility workflows failed
FD_Release.isAnyDeployOrUtilityFailed(groupName)returns true if any projects or utility workflows in a specific group failed
FD_Release.isAnyUtilityFailed()returns true if any utility workflows failed
FD_Release.isAnyUtilityFailed(groupName)returns true if any utility workflows in a specific group failed
FD_Release.isProjectDeployed(projectId, packageName)returns true if a project is deployed, given the project ID and package name
FD_Release.isProjectDeployed(projectName, packageName)returns true if a project is deployed, given the project name and package name
FD_Release.isProjectFailed(projectId, packageName)returns true if a project failed to deploy, given the project ID and package name
FD_Release.isProjectFailed(projectName, packageName)

returns true if a project failed to deploy, given the project name and package name

FD_Release.isProjectSkipped(projectId, packageName)returns true if a project is skipped, given the project ID and package name
FD_Release.isProjectSkipped(projectName, packageName)returns true if a project is skipped, given the project name and package name
FD_Release.isProjectNotAttempted(projectId, packageName)returns true if a project was not attempted, given the project ID and package name
FD_Release.isProjectNotAttempted(projectName, packageName)returns true if a project was not attempted, given the project name and package name

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