Questions tagged [sharepoint-timer-job]
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Check if a SharePoint timer job is currently running
How can I check if a SharePoint timer job is currently running on one of the WFEs ? (Programatically of course).

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Read/Write from/to Hierarchical Object Store - SharePoint 2007
I've created a custom timer job which has requires some configurations to run. I'm trying to save the configurations as an SPPersistedObject in hierarchical object store.
Hierarchical object store is saved in the SharePoint configuration database…

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SharePoint timer job add list items, but does not trigger the associated workflow
I have a list called "Sessions", The list has a workflow which runs for item creation, modification. The workflow triggers when i add items using a web part as well as manually . I have developed a timer job which runs daily, which adds items to…

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Error while deploying Sharepoint 2013 timer job :The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'proc_putObjectTVP', database 'MSSQL', schema 'dbo'
While trying to create a custom SharePoint timer job at feature activation I got the following error from the log files:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'proc_putObjectTVP', database…

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SharePoint 2010: How Can I Access Any List from a Custom Timer Job?
I am developing a SharePoint 2010 timer job in C# which updates employee status (whether they are currently available or away from work) information retrieved from an SQL database to be updated and stored in an Employees SharePoint list (the desired…

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My custom sharepoint 2010 Timer job not running
I have created a custom timer service to create a list. its scheduled in minute using FeatureActivated event. I could able to globally deploy the solution. But the my timer job is not running. Its showing last run time N/A. Is there any solution?
My…

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Get-SPTimerJob cmdlet Incorrectly lists SharePoint timer jobs?
I'm trying to modify a specific timer job "Disk quota warning" for one of my SharePoint 2010 web applications via powershell. But I can't find the job that I want.
When I go into central admin -> monitoring -> review job definitions I find the web…

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SharePoint Timer Job - Exception adding aspnet_users to security groups
I have created a custom timer job in share point 2007 which gets the list of email ids from the database and has to add it to security groups in share point.
I am getting exception "user not found" when i try to verify the user using…

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How to set progress in custom long running timer job
I need some logical advice for setting progress in custom long running timer job (more than half an hour).
I have loop for more than 50k items in timer job Execute.
How to elegant update progress bar every minute or two using…

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How to use Entity Framework witk Sharepoint Custom Timer Job?
I developed a SharePoint Custom Timer Job which reaches SQL Server by Entity Framework. So normally EF uses SharePoint application's web.config AppSettings to get the ConnectionString it needed. But, in this case, where Custom Timer Job reaches SQL…

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CefSharp crashing in SharePoint Timer Job
I am attempting to schedule a CefSharp rendering of pages stored in SharePoint via a SharePoint Timer Job. However, the OWSTIMER.exe service crashes almost immediately after calling Cef.Initialize(), throwing next to no errors.
The Subscription…

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How to setup my Feature.xml for a SharePoint timer job?
I have a class like this:
namespace SharePointSocialNetworking
{
public class FeatureToEnableJob : SPFeatureReceiver
{
public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)
{
SPSite site =…

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How do I deploy a SharePoint custom timer job?
This is what I have done so far:
Created a class that has my overridden Execute function
Added the needed strongly named assemblies to the GAC
Created a Feature.xml file (see it below, this could be the problem...)
Created a folder for my…

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I am trying to run a timer job from a list using a ribbon button and on click of the button a page pops up but getting access denied
I am trying to run a timer job from a list using a ribbon button and on click of the button a page pops up. On that page load I have given runwithelevatedprivileges and job.runnow(). I am getting access denied exception in my production environment…

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SharePoint custom timer job execution issue
We have developed a timer job for SharePoint 2013 in Visual Studio 2012. It is scheduled to be running between 7 AM to 7:15 AM. We have deployed the timer job using PowerShell. In code we have added PortalLog.LogString to log messages in SharePoint…

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