Questions tagged [scheduling]
Questions on managing computation or tasks order. Synchronizing parallel procedures, dynamics objects and so on. It's meant to be a secondary tag to narrow the scope of question already tagged with parallel, dynamic, evaluation and similar tags.
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Problem when using TrackedSymbols and UpdateInterval to refresh different expressions at different times inside Dynamic
While attempting to optimize my program, I noticed an issue with the Refresh expressions I am using inside a particular Dynamic[]. I will use a simplified example ...
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IntervalSlider and updating function specification
IntervalSlider seems to ignore Dynamic's second argument:
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Plot Serial data from Arduino with time date problem
My WM code reads Arduino data from three analog sensors. My code successfully captured the data from the buffer and add the date of capture using the Now[] function....
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Getting print messages into a custom user interface constructed via DynamicModule
I have not been able to find the answer for the following problem, and would be happy to be educated.
I am writing a custom user interface around some code that has lengthy calculations. In the ...
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SystemOpen from ScheduledTask
I could bet it used to work, now the following code fails 95% of times:
RunScheduledTask[Echo @ SystemOpen @ "https://www.wolfram.com", {1}]
Can you reproduce ...
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Updating/ disabling certain slider values dynamically in Manipulate
I am struggling with Manipulate dynamic updating. I would like to have an image containing two points which can both be moved in real time to any location on the ...
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MouseOver and Speak
I am having an issue where Mouseover doesn't work with Speak and instead returns Null. All ...
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ScheduledTask $timespec$ syntax
I want a task to run every five minutes from a specific start date to a specific end date.
Documentation states syntax should be:
{start, timespec, end}$\qquad$ run between dates start and end
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Import files from a directory choose via Manipulate
I thought I write a super-simple program to import all (Excel)files from a directory a user can choose>
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My clock doesn't work
I have this code. When I click on the clock, my alarm don't activate and not work. I have tried with DynamicModule and nothing. I don't know where is the error.
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'Visibility' of Dynamics in TabView with respect to SynchronousUpdating
Bug introduced in 11 or earlier and persisting through 12.0.0
CASE:4076464
Example 1
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Hold Evaluation in a MenuView or TabView
Suppose I wish to create a MenuView where the evaluation of the rules is time consuming.
How would I delay evaluation of the right-hand-side of the arguments to <...
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Too many scheduled tasks (with parallelization)
I have a program that makes many http requests (gathering data from APIs), and computes on that data. Speed is a priority and using the most up to date data in the computations is a priority. ...
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Call ParallelSubmit from inside a parallel kernel
I am scheduling myFun[x] to evaluate every couple of seconds in a parallel kernel with ParallelSubmit and Parallel`Developer`QueueRun[], where it sometimes triggers ...
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Scheduling Optimization
I asked this question here 2 years ago. I didn't know this website at that time. I just realized I could ask it here. Here is the problem statement.
Assume I have 20 trucks and all are at the port ...
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SQLConnection causes kernel hangs
This question is additional question to Maintaining SQLConnections In Mathematica 10.4.1.0 (64bit).
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ScheduledTask DateObject pattern to evaluate at same time everyday
I would like to create a ScheduledTask that evaluates at the same time everyday. Such as, evaluate function at 1:00 am everyday. The "Daily" timespec in ScheduledTask doesn't allow me to control the ...
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How to make Manipulate run automatically after evaluation?
How to make Manipulate run/play automatically after evaluation, i.e. without having to hit the play button (but still being able to use the pause/play button)?
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Can I trust URLSubmit?
Bug introduced in 11.2 or earlier and persists through V11.3
[CASE:4026293] confirmed
Let's create 10 asynchronous requests which just check if the site is there.
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Dynamic triggered but renders the same content
Documentation bug introduced in V10 or eralier and persisting through V11.3
It is a documentation bug because the undocumented optimization method by FE makes major assumptions.
The example is not ...
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Possible bug in Refresh[x, None] on the very first x = val
Bug introduced in 8 or earlier and persisting through 11.3
[CASE:3995912]
From Refresh docs:
Refresh[expr,None] ...
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FinishDynamic[] does not wait for display to finish
Bug introduced in 10.4 or earlier and persists through V11.2
[CASE:3993499]
If your UI contains a couple of heavy/big elements, or one heavy and couple of slightly heavy, because delay ...
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Handling rendering delays gracefully
I moved the second issue to a separate topic: 162013
Please run the code sample
As you can see there is a delay between the moment the calculation is finished and when the graphics is shown. And ...
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LocalSubmit and package functions
I want to use LocalSubmit to create continuous tasks that run in parallel. But it not works with functions from packages. For example:
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Manipulate requires two evaluations after revision
This Manipulate program below allows the user to enter points on a LocatorPane and then draws a line through the points.
The <...
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Initializing Manipulate without grey bar
I have a relatively long code inside Manipulate that computes an output depending on controls. Computation takes about a second, so I am using ...
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SystemOpen inside a button waits until the end for being evaluated?
I am writting with the hope of getting some help when using "SystemOpen".
Here is a simple example:
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call function to trigger update to dynamic — what's the right way
I want to create a plot using Dynamic. Ideally, I'd have some persistent, locally scoped state variables living in a Module; as ...
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DateTime Input Dialog in Mathematica
I am trying to create a DateTime input dialog that will return a DateTimeObject
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Why is PaneSelector caching nested Dynamics and how to switch it off?
Bug introduced in V10.4 or earlier and persisting through V11.3
CASE:3875733, confirmed
It seems that Dynamic content is somehow cached by ...
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Remove cell from evaluation queue without aborting evaluation?
Let's say that I queue a number of cells in evaluation, and each is set to run something that will take a relatively long time to finish. I realize midway through the queue that one of the commands is ...
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Dynamic scheduled task doesn't work [duplicate]
I have a list variable that I want to append new values from a normal distribution to after I click a button. It works in a simple case but not for the more complicated situation and I don't know why.
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What is the Kernel waiting for after DialogInput is launched?
Bug introduced in 11.0 or earlier and persisting through 11.2
[...] I was able to reproduce the issue, and consequently, I filed a report with our development team [...]
CASE:3805351
I find ...
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CurrentValue and MousePosition do not respect Dynamic's options
Bug introduced in V10.4 or earlier and persists through V12.0
A support case with the identification [CASE:3726810] was created.
[...] It does appear as though ...
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RemoveScheduledTask has some problem in Mathematica 11
I am using Mathematica 11
below is an simple example of RunScheduledTask copied from documentation.
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How to create a window which will close in a certain amount of time?
I'm currently making an interface in Mathematica and I'll need to bump a window out and then let it close itself in a certain amount of time.
Here's an short example to illustrate the effect:
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switch between automatic and manual updating
I have a plot with interactive controls. I'd like to give the user the option between having the plot automatically update (when the plot's parameters are changed with the slider) and having the ...
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Finish(Asynchronous)Dynamic[]
I have a question deriving from a recent topic Synchronizing Dynamics with EventActions.
tl;dr;
How to authoritatively explain the influence of ...
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Cloud Deploying a Scheduled Task
cross-posted on the Wolfram Community forum
I am trying to deploy a ScheduledTask that monitors the state of a google spread sheet every hour. I want the object to ...
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Synchronizing code in Dynamics with other procedures
I have huge code and some problem. I don't know how to make example. I'm afraid I can't make good SMALL example to demonstrate you the problem. So I'll try to explain. Maybe somebody know about such ...
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Working with Dynamic: Synchronization with EventActions ( and other preemptive evaluations)
I would like to make a simple "game": Display a dialog with a random letter, if the same letter is pressed on the keyboard, the display changes into a string ...
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How to check if and when a ScheduledTask is scheduled?
Apparently, on Mathematica
$Version
"10.4.1 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (April 11, 2016)"
the functions ...
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Abort an EventHandler?
How do I stop an EventHandler? I'm trying to allow the user unlimited inputs on the arrow keys UNTIL certain conditions are met, and then stop the ...
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Creating a warning before executing a function if not cancelled?
How could I create a warning dialog that executes a function if not cancelled after a delay ? Also I would like the time remaining before execution to be displayed and the dialog to be non blocking.
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Working with DynamicModule: ScheduledTasks with local variables
I have a question - is it possible to run ScheduleTask[] inside DynamicModule[]?
What I have tried so far:
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How to restart computation when kernels die?
When an important process needs to be kept alive, there are monitoring tools to restart them if they die (e.g. god tasks in ruby), in my case I have an overnight scraping task that I need to have done ...
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What is the difference between Dynamic[x] and Dynamic[ h[x] ] for DynamicModule variables?
Bug introduced in 9.0 or earlier and persisting through 12.0
In 11.3 it is even worse. An example from the accepted answer with a Slider is now broken too:
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Showing updating message in Dynamic with UpdateInterval
I am creating an interface which needs to repeat an operation every few seconds. The operation itself is expensive but faster than the update interval of the interface.
I would like to have some ...
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How can I run a cron scheduled task in Mathematica?
Mathematica doesn't have a built-in Cron scheduler. How can I use scheduled tasks in order to implement one ?
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How do I dynamically update “name” of Action Menu?
I have created an action menu that allows you to change the style of a cell. It works. However, I would like it to dynamically update the action menu "name". I can't get the name to refresh. ...
