Available Updates From Online Sources JobAvailable Updates From Online Sources Job

The “Available updates from online sources job” can be added to the schedule by selecting it in the drop down list Administrator > Jobs > Cron Job scheduling > Select job from Create new job dropdown list. The job can be found under the Synchronisation with external systems section.

Configuring the job

The job has 

Starting year

The job is configured to only consider Research outputs published in the specified year and later. The default value is the current year. For example, configuring the Starting year as 2022 will result in only Research outputs published in 2022 being considered.

This configuration can be accessed via Administrator > Jobs > Cron Job scheduling > Available Updates from Online Sources Job > Edit configuration > Default configurations.

Access to results

This feature is, by default, only available to Administrators. But additional user roles (Editors and Validators) can be given access via Administrator > Research outputs > Import configurations > Available Updates from Online Sources.

Enabling / Disabling individual online sources

Online sources can be excluded from the feature by toggling on or off for the individual source at Administrator > Research outputs > Import and available updates configuration (by default, all enabled sources are included). 

Removing 'Available updates from online sources' job from schedule

The job can be effectively disabled by removing it from the schedule. This is done by opening the job via Administrator > Jobs > Cron Job scheduling > Available Updates from Online Sources Job

Once the job is open, Change Schedule > Remove from schedule.