Coding Chronicles #4 | Azure Function Timer Trigger | Scheduling.

Complex Cron Configuration

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A usual day in the life of a software programmer brings out many coding challenges. Most of these challenges need a few minutes of online search. I started a series of mini blogs dealing with some of these challenges a few days back. The complexity of these challenges will range from average to complex.

This article delves into a situation. In this scenario, a single cron for an Azure function timer trigger falls short. It fails to meet all scheduling requirements.

Use Case

I am writing a reconciliation job that scans the databases for errors. My curiosity arose while working on this assignment. I wanted to test support for complex scheduling requirements.

I found this use-case scenario worthy of adding to this series.

Hence, I decided to configure a timer trigger that runs daily at 8 pm, 10 pm, and 10:30 pm for this article.

Introduction

Azure Functions Timer Trigger is a serverless computing service provided by Microsoft Azure. It enables you to run your code on a schedule. It’s beneficial for scenarios where you need to perform periodic & time-based tasks.

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