Also note that for example when setting up monthly jobs, the job with an execution_date of `2018-02-01` will be triggered soon after the wall clock hits `2018-03-01`, and that your start_date for the tasks in the DAG need to be prior to that execution_date, not the time at which you're expecting the job to trigger.
Max On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:23 AM Victor Noagbodji < vnoagbo...@amplify-nation.com> wrote: > Hi Stephane, > > First cron string does not look correct. It says the 2nd of each month. > Check here: https://crontab.guru/#0_7_/2_*_* > > However second looks okay to me. It says 2(-31)/2, every second day from 2 > till 31. Maybe the first string needs 1/2? > > Also, check this SO (sorry) answer: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/16093/how-can-i-tell-cron-to-run-a-command-every-other-day-odd-even/16094 > > On May 23, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Stephane Bonneaud <steph...@fathomhealth.co > <mailto:steph...@fathomhealth.co>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I came about an issue with Airflow that I am wonder how to deal with it > and thought I should reach out to see if you know about this issue and/or > have advice on how to deal with it. > > I have around 6 or 7 DAGs on Airflow that are scheduled to run at > different intervals. Two of them should run every other day and, for some > reason, they stopped running at some point, apparently not at the same > time. So, they were running properly every other day, but then, they just > stopped being scheduled, possibly around the same time, though I suspect > that one was not scheduled anymore before the other one. Also, it does not > seem to happen with my other DAGs, which are scheduled to run mostly daily, > or bi-monthly. So maybe it has something to do with my scheduling string? > > Here is the scheduling string for each of the DAGs: '0 7 */2 * *’ and '0 7 > 2/2 * *’ > This seems to be the proper CRON string. > > Have you seen that problem before? > How would you go about debugging this or do you have any advice/pointers > for me? > > Thank you very much for your time and help, > Have a wonderful rest of the day, > > Best regards, > Stéphane > > http://stephanebonneaud.com > (401) 580-0817 > >
