ContinuousTask

ContinuousTask[expr]

represents a task in which expr is continuously reevaluated.

ContinuousTask[expr,end]

represents a task in which expr is continuously reevaluated until the time specified by end.

ContinuousTask[expr,tspan]

represents a task in which expr is continuously reevaluated over the time span tspan.

Details and Options

  • CloudSubmit[ContinuousTask[expr]] submits expr for continuous reevaluation in the cloud, starting immediately.
  • Unless they contain blocking functions or Pause specifications, continuous tasks will typically make use of all available processor resources.
  • ContinuousTask is intended primarily for private cloud installations, not the public Wolfram Cloud.
  • If the evaluation of expr leads to abnormal termination or yields $Failed or a Failure object, a series of restarts will be attempted after progressively longer time intervals.
  • Continuous tasks can be controlled using functions like TaskSuspend and TaskResume.
  • The following options can be given:
  • NotificationFunctionAutomatichow to provide notifications
    RestartIntervalAutomatichow long to wait before restarting after failure
    TimeZoneAutomatictime zone for time specifications
  • In ContinuousTask[expr,end], end can be a DateObject or any other date and time specifier.
  • In ContinuousTask[expr,tspan], tspan can be any Quantity object representing a time span.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Deploy a continuous task, requesting notifications for all discrete runs:

Delete the task:

Prepare a cloud object containing a counter:

Update the counter from a continuous task:

Verify the counter has been updated:

Pause the task:

The counter is no longer updating:

Delete the counter and task:

Wolfram Research (2015), ContinuousTask, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html (updated 2017).

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), ContinuousTask, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html (updated 2017).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "ContinuousTask." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2017. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). ContinuousTask. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_continuoustask, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ContinuousTask}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_continuoustask, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ContinuousTask}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContinuousTask.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}