# Automated cronjobs in BRAINCoGS (Developer Guide)

There are some processes that are triggered automatically in BRAINCoGS.
All these processes are handled by u19proc virtual machine administered by PNI Help. Contact Garrett T. McGrath gmcgrath@princeton.edu for permissions to it.
All processes are handled by u19prod user account so it's not linked to any personal account.

# List of automate processes in BRAINCoGS

Execution schedule: daily at 4:00 am
Location in u19proc: /home/u19prod@pu.win.princeton.edu/Datajoint_projs/U19-pipeline-matlab/scripts/call_u19_night_cronjob.sh
Overview: Call populate_tables.m script. Ingest all Behavior related tables from acquision.SessionStarted & acquisition.Session new records from that day. Check the populate_tables.m script for more information

Execution schedule: daily at 3:00 am
Location in u19proc: /home/u19prod@pu.win.princeton.edu/Datajoint_projs/U19-pipeline_python/u19_pipeline/alert_system/call_cronjob_alert.sh
Overview: Call cronjob_alert.py script .
Read Alert System section for more information.

Called when: at every 30th minute.
Location in u19proc: /home/u19prod@pu.win.princeton.edu/Datajoint_projs/U19-pipeline_python/u19_pipeline/automatic_job/call_cronjob_automatic_job.sh
Overview: Call cronjob_automatic_job.py (Ephys Imaging cronjob script) . Check if a new recording has been added from RecordingProcessJobGUI or a job (recording process) has advanced to a new status. If any of these have occurred the "next" function or process is called for the recording and/or job.

Called when: at every 20th minute.
Location in u19proc: /home/u19prod@pu.win.princeton.edu/Datajoint_projs/U19-pipeline_python/u19_pipeline/automatic_job/call_pupillometry_queue_jobs.sh
Overview: Call pupillometry handler check_pupillometry_sessions_queue . Queue new job to spockvm2 for pupillometry session.

Called when: daily at 2:00 am
Location in u19proc: /home/u19prod@pu.win.princeton.edu/Datajoint_projs/U19-pipeline_python/u19_pipeline/automatic_job/call_pupillometry_check_jobs.sh
Overview: Call pupillometry handler check_processed_pupillometry_sessions . Check if job in spockvm2 for pupillometry has finished and retrieve data to ingest in pupillometry_session_model_data table.