User Guide

The scheduler can help you automate the update of your project at a specified interval. When you choose to create an update task in the scheduler wizard, you have three options:

Updating a single project

Updating a single project is pretty straight forward. You select the type of the update, the date and time, and how frequently you wish to update this project. You then have the option of generating reports immediately after the update is complete. For this, you can either select the reports you wish to generate from a list or instruct the application to generate all the reports that you specified to be generated after each update. (This list can be edited in the Preferences tab of the Project Settings.)

The final step of the Scheduler wizard presents you with a summary of all the options that will be used to create the scheduled task. Just verify that everything is correct and press the Finish button to create the task. (You can view and edit the task later using the [Scheduler] -> [View scheduled tasks] menu.)

Updating multiple projects

The updating of multiple projects automatically using the scheduler is one of the most powerful features of Advanced Link Manager. It allows you to specify a list of projects to be updated one after another, and generate reports for each of them as needed.

When you update multiple projects, you are asked to choose which project list you wish to update. This is the list of projects that you wish to update. By default, there is only one predefined list called "All Projects", but you can create your own list of projects using the "Manage project lists" button.

Just like in a simple update task, you have the option of generating reports immediately after the update is complete. But since you are updating multiple projects, you are now able to specify the reports that should be generated for each of the projects in the list. In the tree that appears, the parent items are the projects, and the reports are their children.

You also have the option to generate all the reports that you specified to be generated after each update. (This list can be edited for each of the projects separately in the Preferences tab of the Project Settings.)