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Bug 2214261 - rex wizard should hint that it provides extended cronline expressions
Summary: rex wizard should hint that it provides extended cronline expressions
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Remote Execution
Version: 6.14.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: 6.14.0
Assignee: Adam Ruzicka
QA Contact: Pavel Novotny
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-12 11:56 UTC by Peter Ondrejka
Modified: 2023-11-08 14:19 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rubygem-foreman_remote_execution-10.0.6
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Last Closed: 2023-11-08 14:19:49 UTC
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updated cron line with extended syntax support (62.07 KB, image/png)
2023-08-21 12:49 UTC, Pavel Novotny 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 36652 0 Low New rex wizard should hint that it provides extended cronline expressions 2023-08-08 09:40:47 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-18522 0 None None None 2023-06-20 14:07:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:6818 0 None None None 2023-11-08 14:19:59 UTC

Description Peter Ondrejka 2023-06-12 11:56:39 UTC 
Description of problem:
Nothing in the UI hints that there are extended cronline expressions available for scheduling rex jobs. This way, the new capability could go unnoticed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Satellite 6.14 

Suggestions:
1. The Cronline dropdown option option for setting recurrence could be reneamed to "Cronline (extended)" or something similar. 
2. The help pop-up for the cronline field could include some of the fugit expressions for awareness
Comment 2 Adam Ruzicka 2023-06-20 14:04:03 UTC 
6.14.0 would be nice or maybe 6.14.z as I wouldn't want to block the release on a purely cosmetic change. It is a just a change in wording which should be pretty straightforward to do, even if it needs to happen in multiple places.

Just a note, we can use these extended crons everywhere where recurring logics are used, which also means sync plans. Once we start adding hints about it to the ui, we should probably add it everywhere.
Comment 3 Adam Ruzicka 2023-06-20 14:27:04 UTC 
Also, it would be nice if we waited for docs for this to be written and then pointed to the docs
Comment 4 Adam Ruzicka 2023-08-08 09:40:46 UTC 
Created redmine issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/36652 from this bug
Comment 5 Bryan Kearney 2023-08-10 16:02:49 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/36652 has been resolved.
Comment 7 Pavel Novotny 2023-08-21 12:47:13 UTC 
Verified in 6.14 snap 12:
satellite-6.14.0-3.el8sat.noarch
foreman-3.7.0.7-1.el8sat.noarch
rubygem-foreman_remote_execution-10.0.6-1.el8sat.noarch

The (?) info tooltip now contains additional text: "The cron line supports extended cron line syntax. For details please refer to the __documentation__."
See the attached screenshot for full details.

The "documentation" link for downstream Satellite leads to online 6.14 documentation at access.redhat.com (content TBD).
For downstream Foreman, the link currently leads to https://docs.theforeman.org/3.7/Managing_Hosts/index-foreman-el.html#using-extended-cron-lines_managing-hosts
Comment 8 Pavel Novotny 2023-08-21 12:49:41 UTC 
Created attachment 1984329 [details]
updated cron line with extended syntax support
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-08 14:19:49 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Important: Satellite 6.14 security and bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6818
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