CF9 Scheduled Tasks Sort order changed; how to fix it?

Report · Oct 23, 2009

I just notice in my CF9 administrator under "Scheduled Tasks", the tasks now display Alphabetically IN GROUPS BY FREQUENCY rather than the straight alpha by Task Name. Is this a new "feature" of CF9 and how can I change it back to "normal" sort by Task Name? We have lots of scheduled tasks and it's really more convenient to see them the old way. I haven't found any obvious place where I can change the sort order. Any help is appreciated.

Report · Oct 30, 2009

I just notice in my CF9 administrator under "Scheduled Tasks", the tasks now display Alphabetically IN GROUPS BY FREQUENCY rather than the straight alpha by Task Name. Is this a new "feature" of CF9 and how can I change it back to "normal" sort by Task Name? We have lots of scheduled tasks and it's really more convenient to see them the old way. I haven't found any obvious place where I can change the sort order. Any help is appreciated.

You could experiment with changing /CFIDE/administrator/scheduler/scheduletasks.cfm to be the one CF8 uses instead. I dunno if it would work, but it should.

Or you could write your own CFAdmin extension to display them however you like.

I don't know there's an "official" way to revert to the old view.

I'm not sure why they bothered changing this. I think they could have better spent said time on something else... like providing a proper API for managing the tasks, without needing to rely on using the service factory.

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Adam

Report · Nov 05, 2009

Adam,

Thanks for the reply. I've decided to not worry about it right now but I may give your solution a try in the future. Thanks again.

Report · Nov 09, 2009

You could experiment with changing /CFIDE/administrator/scheduler/scheduletasks.cfm to be the one CF8 uses instead. I dunno if it would work, but it should.

I should be cautious with such cross-version experimentation. There are already two warning signs.

First, the files are encrypted, so you cannot immediately see what the code does. Second, the Coldfusion 8 version weighs in at 35.4 KB, and the Coldfusion 9 version, 73.6 KB. Coldfusion 8's scheduletasks.cfm file may have, or may miss, variables or behaviour that may cause problems in Coldfusion 9.

Report · Nov 07, 2009

I see nothing wrong with the current system. A scheduler's functionality depends on time. I therefore think it is more intuitive to group tasks by their schedule, rather than alphabetically by name. In any case, within each schedule(once, weekly, monthly, and so on), the tasks are grouped alphabetically by name.

Report · Nov 09, 2009

BKBK,

I guess we have a difference of opinion. For me, it's easier to look through the 50-60 scheduled tasks alphabetically. That's how I've been doing it since CF4. Just wonder why the CF team changed it. However, if it works better for you this way then enjoy.

Report · Nov 09, 2009

BKBK,
I guess we have a difference of opinion. For me, it's easier to look through the 50-60 scheduled tasks alphabetically. That's how I've been doing it since CF4. Just wonder why the CF team changed it. However, if it works better for you this way then enjoy.

I actually don't have a preference one way or the other. I just wished to say I can see some motivation behind the new design.