NT Job Scheduler

[bullrider]

Can anyone recommend a software package that performs job scheduling and is under 150.00? I'm looking for something that can schedule batch jobs based upon dependencies of other jobs and the presence of a file. I'm looking for a GUI interface. I'd like to keep it relatively inexpensive as next year our shop will be purchasing a multi-platform scheduler. I need this in the interim.

Thanks folks.

 

[TheLad]

I take it the NT Scheduler supplied with NT is not what you are looking for? "It's true, its damn true!"

 

[MasterRacker]

Schedulers just schedule jobs. If you have dependencies and conditions, you ned to build them into the jobs themselves. For example a batch files that immediatley exits is a file does not exist.
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....

 

[TheLad]

You could always use IF EXIST statements in your batch file to see whether a file existed or not? "It's true, its damn true!"

 

[bullrider]

I've been looking at a few packages that perform scheduling of NT batch jobs. I prefer to keep dependencies the responsibility of the scheduler rather than hardcoding within the batch. Therefore, if any dependencies change I do not have to modify code and go through the testing, QA, procedures (lengthy mandated steps when code changes).