What is CronTrigger in Salesforce Apex Scheduler? How is it related to getTriggerId? - Forcetalks

Tagged: Activate Trigger, Apex Scheduled Jobs, Apex Scheduler, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Apex Class, Salesforce Apex Scheduler, Salesforce Cron Expression, Salesforce CronTrigger, Triggers in Salesforce

Salesforce® Discussions

What is CronTrigger in Salesforce Apex Scheduler? How is it related to getTriggerId?

Posted by madhulika shah on July 3, 2018 at 1:06 PM

What is CronTrigger in Salesforce Apex Scheduler? How is it related to getTriggerId?

shariq replied 7 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
2 Replies

shradha jain

Member
July 31, 2018 at 5:42 AM

Hello Madhulika,

CronTrigger is object that contains schedule information for a scheduled job.The SchedulableContext getTriggerID method returns the ID of the CronTrigger object associated with this scheduled job as a string. You can query CronTrigger to track the progress of the scheduled job.
[adinserter block='9']
shariq

Member
September 17, 2018 at 11:59 PM

Hi,

CornTrigger is an object in salesforce which contains schedule information for a scheduled job .Basically it hold the CronExpression,NextFireTime,LastFireTime,StartTime ,End Time ,status etc .

getTriggerID method returns the ID of the CronTrigger object associated with this scheduled job

Hope this helps.

Log In to reply.