Hangfire framework is used to create, process and manage background tasks and events (e.g. automatically archive expired files, send out notifications, process expiry reminders, etc).

The Hangfire dashboard resides in the Developer section (therefore only available to Brand Toolbox Developers). However, the dates/times that an event is scheduled to be triggered can be adjusted by an Administrator in the Settings section.

To change the event trigger date/time:

1. Select Content > Settings (node) > Hangfire (tab).
2. Enter a new Cron^ value in the corresponding field:
   
   
   
   
3. ‘Save and publish’ after making the change.

^ The Cron expression is a common format to schedule jobs to run periodically at fixed times, dates or intervals. It appears in the following format:

* * * * *

corresponding to:

minute  hour  day  month  year
 

Therefore, the following Cron format:

0 1 * * *

will run at 1am every morning.
 

The following Cron format:

0 0 3 * *

will run at 12am in the morning on the third day of every month.

The following Hangfire groups on the Settings > Hangfire page correspond to the following Hangfire event task names in the Developer > Hangfire dashboard:

Hangfire group	Hangfire dashboard task name
Archive Tasks	.ArchiveAllExpiredMedia .ArchiveSharedFiles
Process Asset/Media Changes	.ProcessMediaStatusChangeRecords
Process Asset Expiry Reminder	.ProcessAssetExpiryReminder
Send Notifications	.SendOutNotifications .SendSharedAssetReminders
Send Member List Report	.SendOutMemberListReport

 

Developer notes:
Updating the Cron trigger values in Settings > Hangfire will update the events in the Developer > Hangfire dashboard. Therefore, there is no need to restart the server.

You can manually delete all jobs in the Hangfire dashboard entirely, and then republish Settings to retrieve the correct events again.