| Home > Listing on sella.co.nz > Automating Sella Activities Automating Sella Activities System Scheduler by Splinterware What Auctionitis Commands or Tasks can be automated with System Scheduler? Load All Listings System Scheduler Preferences Setting up System Scheduler to Update Sella Database Setting up System Scheduler to load Listings by Auction Cycle Now that your auctions are all set up, you may want to automate when they list so you dont need to be at your PC to run a process. Auctionitis integrates with the Windows Scheduler, but we've since found a far simpler free tool to automate scheduled tasks that runs across all versions of Windows with ease. System Scheduler by Splinterware System Scheduler is an excellent tool to schedule unattended running of applications, batch files, scripts and much more. For anyone used to using MS Windows own Task Scheduler, System Scheduler is an ideal and easy to use replacement, with more flexibility and features. System Scheduler runs totally independently of the MS Windows Task Scheduler and has no dependencies on it. Download System Scheduler Free Version The free version is limited to 3 taskis in events at any one time, however by writing a batch file (a simple text file) we can add many tasks into the one event. System Scheduler FAQ What Auctionitis Commands or Tasks can be automated with System Scheduler? In order to allow auctions to be loaded or other tasks to be performed at scheduled times a command line capability is available as part of Auctionitis. Combined with the Windows scheduler this offers a powerful automation and auction management capability.There are currently 3 Sella tasks that can be initiated automatically with System Scheduler, they are: Load All Listings
Start System Scheduler and select Action >New Event  Then the Event screen appears 
 Use the drop down box to select the scheduling option.  There are several different schedule type options
 In the above schedule options we have chosen to run the task:
System Scheduler Preferences Below is one of the Preferences setting tabs that is available to further configure System Scheduler to your requirements.  Refer to the System Scheduler Website for more information on these options. Setting Up System Scheduler to Update Sella Database Repeat the process for Load All except replace the command line to -ACTION:UPDATEDBSELLA  Setting Up System Scheduler to Load Listings by Auction Cycle Repeat the process for Load All except replace the command line to -ACTION:LOAD -CYCLE:<NAME>  C:\Program Files\Auctionitis\Auctionitis.exe -ACTION:LOAD -CYCLE:<NAME> Loads all Pending & Clone auctions with the cycle <NAME> assigned to them. Use the exact name of the cycle you wish to use instead of <NAME> in the scheduler. And remember to include a space before -ACTION and before -CYCLE. For example, if you had a cycle named Bargains then the command would look like this: "C:\Program Files\Auctionitis\auctionitis.exe" --ACTION:LOAD -CYCLE:Bargains You can check you have the cycle name right by comparing the scheduler to Auctionitis  The Auction Cycle specified on the command line must match the Auction Cycle in the database exactly including any capitals. If the Auction Cycle is shown as Monday in the auction cycle screen, then the command line must also specify Monday not MONDAY or monday or MoNdAy Replace <NAME> including the brackets with the actual name of the cycle as found in Auctionitis >Edit >Cycles menu option |
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