Create Task

• URL:https://[root]/community/users/[userName]/tasks/createTask(POST only)
  
• Version Introduced:10.8.1

Description

This operation creates a new scheduled task for a specified Notebook Server installation, Insights workbook, scene services, and ArcGIS Workflow Manager. Once the task has been created, it can be updated using the Edit Task operation. Additionally, scheduled tasks can be disabled, reenabled, and deleted through other operations in the Sharing API.

Note:

Support for scene services and ArcGIS Workflow Manager was added at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.

Request parameters

Parameter	Details
title (Optional)	Title of the task. Example title=OnceAMinute30Times
type (Required)	The type of task, either executing a notebook or updating an Insights workbook, that will be executed against the specified item. Note: Support for scene services and ArcGIS Workflow Manager was added at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9. Values: ExecuteNotebook | UpdateInsightsWorkbook | ExecuteSceneCook | ExecuteWorkflowManager | ExecuteReport Note: ExecuteReport type is only applicable to ArcGIS Online organizations.
parameters (Optional; required for scene services and administrative reports)	A JSON object of additional parameters that will be added to the task run request. This parameter is required for scene services. Syntax example for a scene service (formatted for readability) { "service_url": <scene service URL>, "num_of_caching_service_instances": 2, //2 instances are required "layer": "{<list of scene layers to cook>}", //The default is all layers "update_mode": "PARTIAL_UPDATE_NODES" //RECREATE_ALL_NODES (Re-cook full scene cash) | PARTIAL_UPDATE_NODES (Update scene cache from latest edits to the scene service) | PARTIAL_UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES (Update only attributes and not geometries) } Scene service example parameters={"service_url": https://machine.esri.com/wedadaptor/rest/services/Hosted/ServiceName/SceneServer, "num_of_caching_service_instances": 2, "layer": "{}", "update_mode":"PARTIAL_UPDATE_NODES"} Administrative reports example parameters={​​"reportType":"org","reportSubType":"activity","timeDuration":"daily", "title":"MyTitle"}​​
itemId (Required; optional for administrative reports)	Item ID of the item the scheduled task will be run against. itemID=029b61ca770e428d9468a2a55f40b9fb
startDate (Optional)	Defines the date, in Epoch milliseconds, of when the scheduled task should begin running. Example startDate=1589428800000
endDate (Optional)	Defines the date, in Epoch milliseconds, of when the scheduled task should stop running. Example endDate=1589428800000
minute (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the minute value for the task's schedule. Example minute=*/1
hour (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the hour value for the task's schedule. The hour, dayOfWeek, and dayOfMonth parameters must be adjusted for UTC. Example hour=3 hour=*
dayOfMonth (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * ? / L W C) that specifies the day of the month for the task's schedule. dayOfMonth should be adjusted to UTC hours. For example, 8:00 p.m. PDT on the fourth day of the month would be 3:00 a.m. UTC on the fifth day of the month. Values for this parameter can be 1 through 31, representing a day of the month. Example dayOfMonth=5 dayOfMonth=*
month (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the month for the task's schedule. To represent a specific month, use values 1 through 12 (January to December). Example 1: Any month month=* Example 2: Specific month (August) month=8 Example 3: Every two months month=*/2
dayOfWeek (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * ? / L C #) that specifies the day of the week for the task's schedule. The dayOfWeek parameter should be adjusted to UTC hours. For example, Monday, 8:00 p.m. PDT would be Tuesday, 3:00 a.m. UTC. Values for this parameter can be 1 through 7, representing Sunday through Saturday, respectively. Example dayOfWeek=2 dayOfWeek=?
maxOccurrences (Optional)	The maximum number of occurrences this task should execute. Example maxOccurrences=30
f	The response format. The default format is html. Values: html | json | pjson

Examples

The following is a sample POST request for createTask for an ArcGIS Notebook:

POST /webadaptor/sharing/rest/community/users/NBadmin/tasks/a7ce628005004e758f3387d735b3e1ca/createTask HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

title=OnceAMinute30Times&type=ExecuteNotebook&parameters=&itemId=029b61ca770e428d9468a2a55f40b9fb&startDate=1589428800000&endDate=1589428800000&minute=*/1&hour=*&dayOfMonth=*&month=*&dayOfWeek=?&maxOccurrences=30&f=pjson

The following is a sample POST request for createTask for a scene service:

POST /webadaptor/sharing/rest/community/users/NBadmin/tasks/a7ce628005004e758f3387d735b3e1ca/createTask HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

title=OnceAnHour30Times&type=ExecuteSceneCook&parameters={"service_url": "https://machine.esri.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Hosted/ServiceName/SceneServer", "num_of_caching_service_instances": 2, "layer": "{}", "update_mode": "PARTIAL_UPDATE_NODES"}&itemId=029b61ca770e428d9468a2a55f40b9fb&startDate=1589428800000&endDate=1589428800000&minute=*/1&hour=*&dayOfMonth=*&month=*&dayOfWeek=?&maxOccurrences=30&f=pjson

JSON Response example

{
  "success": true,
  "taskId": "ddea837537ef435c9496c5fc22799973"
}