Periodic Jobs not running on time although “Force adjustment on time frame” is set

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
• AUTOMIC WORKLOAD AUTOMATION

Issue/Introduction

Error Message :
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Periodic Jobs are not running on time although "Force adjustment on time frame" is set when the start time is 00:15 am and the frequency is set "with a gap…to previous run".
Especially the first interval – 00:15 (and the next 04:15) is jumped over.

Investigation

1. A simple Job was created for this (e.g.: a simple Windows Ping job like 127.0.0.1 -n 60)
2. Let this job run periodically with the following settings:

Frequency | With a gap of: 04:00
Time frame | Between 00:15 and 23:59 + Check set on "Force adjustment on time frame"
Days | Weekdays – Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sat, Sun
Range | Start date: 08.08.2016 – End Date 22.08.2016

The screenshots below illustrate these settings.

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3. The Job is running in the Client_Queue and using a 1:1 copy of the TZ.CET object as a TimeZone object.

Results

Actual:
The job was initially started on 08.08.2016 13:19:30 (UTC) | 15:20:30 (local time)
The job ran the first time on 08.08.2016 13:19:42 (UTC) | 15:19:42 (local time) and ended at 13:20:41 (UTC) | 15:20:41 (local time)
The Time Switch was at 22:15:14 | 00:15:14 but the job was not executed at that time.

Also not 4 hours later, like set on the time frame Tab in the Period but at 05:23:11 | 07:23:11.

So there is a bigger gap between the last run and the next run after the time switch.

Expected:
The job runs in the TimeFrame Set beginning with the StartTime or at least with the defined Frequency after the TimeSwitch.

Cause

Cause type:
Defect
Root Cause: Periodic Jobs are not running on time although "Force adjustment on time frame" is set.

Environment

OS Version: N/A

Resolution

Update to a fix version listed below or a newer version if available.

Fix Status: Released

Fix Version(s):
Automation Engine 12.0.2 - Available
Automation Engine 11.2.3 – Available

Additional Information

Workaround :
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