Hi Chad, The nifi docs say that the expression should start with seconds and not with minutes. https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/user-guide.html
[image: image.png] This is the example that they have given: The string 0 0 13 * * ? indicates that you want to schedule the processor to run at 1:00 PM every day. It seems like nifi cron expressions are quite different. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 11:58 AM Asanka Sanjaya <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chad! > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 6:22 PM Chad Woodhead <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Asanka, >> >> The cron expression for every night at midnight is: 0 0 * * * >> >> 0 0 0 * * is not a valid cron expression as the 3rd field (day of month) >> cannot be a 0. >> >> Here is an online cron editor that can help build your cron expressions: >> https://crontab.guru/ >> >> Also here is simple cron tester to see the next n iterations of your cron >> expression: http://cron.schlitt.info/ >> >> -Chad >> >> On Dec 31, 2018, at 2:04 AM, Asanka Sanjaya <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I use a cron-driven processor to start the workflow and the expression is: >> >> 0 0 0 * * ? >> >> I expect the processor to run each day at 00:00 hours. But it runs each >> hour instead. >> >> Processor configuration: >> <image.png> >> >> >> Flow: >> >> <image.png> >> >> What could be the possible reasons for this? >> >> >> -- >> >> *Thanks,* >> Asanka Sanjaya Herath >> Senior Software Engineer | Zone24x7 >> >> >> > > -- > > *Thanks,* > > Asanka Sanjaya Herath > > Senior Software Engineer | Zone24x7 > -- *Thanks,* Asanka Sanjaya Herath Senior Software Engineer | Zone24x7
