Weekly schedules calculating next rundate a week ahead
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Issue/Introduction
When selecting update next rundate button for a weekly schedule the future date can be seen to jump ahead a week. For example this can be seen when creating the following weekly schedule.
Schedule created on Thursday 4/2/2020
Scheduled start date : 03-10-2020
Scheduled End Date : 12-31-2040
Start Time : 08:00
Frequency : Weekly, Every 1 Weeks on Sunday
Rescheduled From : 06-07-2010
Exception Method : Next checked day
We see the next run date calculate to the following Sunday’s date of 4/12/2020 and not 4/5/2020.
Environment
Release : 9.4.X
Cause
This is due to the reschedule from date being set to 06-07-2010. If you look at a calendar 06-07-2010 was Monday, which Monday has already passed as its Thursday 4/2/2020.
If we change the reschedule from date to something after today’s day of the week “Thursday” the schedule will calculate for this Sunday 4/5. For example if we set the reschedule from date to 6/5/2010 which was a Saturday the next run date will calculate to this Sunday 4/5.
Schedule created on 4/2/2020
Scheduled start date : 03-10-2020
Scheduled End Date : 12-31-2040
Start Time : 08:00
Frequency : Weekly, Every 1 Weeks on Sunday
Rescheduled From : 6/5/2010
Exception Method : Next checked day
We see the next run date calculate to next Sundays date of 4/5/2020.
As you can see the weekly schedule’s initial start is based off the reschedule from date and its specific day of the week for example Sun, Mon,Tue and the specific day of week the schedule is created.
Resolution
This is as designed as the reschedule from date is used to prevent schedule creep. Details on the reschedule field for weekly and monthly schedules can be found at the following link...
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