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Create methods to control Scheduled Updates via CLI. At a minimum, I would like to be able to enable or disable scheduled updates via the CLI. This would be very helpful when performing maintenance on the Spotfire installation. Right now, when I am installing hotfixes or upgrades, I either have to manually disable/enable scheduled updates or wait for them to load before updating web players.
I got a working PowerShell script that can refresh a Scheduled Update with 5 lines of code (excluding parameter handling). I will publish it on the Community site once it's a bit more polished (we are adding error handling, logging, etc). Obviously this doesn't cover your idea as there isn't an API to enable/disable a Schedule Update but it could come in really handy when and if this idea is implemented.
For TIBCO: The idea here will be to extend the Web Services API (https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/7.9.0/doc/api/TIB_sfire_server_WebServices_API_Reference/index.html). Currently there is a UpdateAnalysisService service which can be used to load/update scheduled updates. The API should be extended (probably a new "UpdateRuleService" should be created, but that's an implementation decision) so that scheduled updates can be enabled and disabled via web services. You could also look at extending the API to be able to create/edit/delete new rules and schedules although that will obviously take more effort to do. From my company's side we would certainly use an API to enable/disable scheduled updates (aka rules in 7.5+ jargon) as that's an activity Spotfire Administrators often face when there is planned or unplanned maintenance, issues with the server or data source, etc.
Christian, that would be a valid way to implement this.
Perhaps this should really aim to modify the existing Scheduled Updates API rather than focusing on how to access the API (ie via CLI)?