What is Scheduled Job in ERPNext?
Scheduled Jobs in ERPNext are background tasks that run automatically at defined intervals — hourly, daily, weekly — without user intervention.
What are Scheduled Jobs?
Scheduled Jobs (also called Cron Jobs) are background functions that ERPNext runs automatically: stock reorder checks, auto-repeat document creation, email digest sending, ledger recalculation.
Custom Scheduled Jobs
Developers can create custom Scheduled Jobs using the Scheduled Job Type doctype, specifying the Python method and cron expression (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly).
Monitoring
Scheduled Job Logs track each execution — success or failure. Failed jobs appear in Error Logs for investigation.
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