I have an R script that I've set up to automatically update every week using Task Scheduler. The R script is supposed to pull out about 10 extracts from Google Analytics, however when I run the script through task scheduler it only extracts 4 and then seemingly stops. If I run it manually in RStudio it runs all the way through with no errors. Does anyone know why it might stop in Task Scheduler?
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I created a task in my Windows 10 Task Scheduler. I was wondering whether it is possible to run the task using Python. I know it is possible to run the task using CMD (How to run existing windows 7 task using command prompt) but can I somehow do it using Python.
I am wondering if it's possible to have relatively simple R code pull and feed data into say... a text file attached to an email without having to keep my PC on.
I have a web-scraping code here that use:
library(XML)
library(stringr)
to scrape some web data which i would like to save daily..
Putting that on a loop that runs every 24 hours would be relatively easy, but i don't want to keep my PC on or not able to use the R environment while this is running.
what are my options?
Suggest you spin up an AWS EC2 instance and set the script to run as a cron job on a daily basis.
Here's some resources:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html
http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI
http://strimas.com/r/rstudio-cloud-1
Requires a little bash but if you aren't familiar it's definitely worth learning.
If you're on Windows, you can schedule batch R scripts to run via the Task Scheduler. +1 for AWS and cron though - super easy to get going once you establish the EC2 instance and get R running on it.
I have a small R script. Typically, 15-20 lines of code. This script replies to random people on Twitter. Everything is working fine when I run the code. Now, I want to auto-run this after fixed intervals of time. So, I made a .bat the file of the R script and schedule the task in the windows scheduler to run after every 15 mins. This works fine as well and the way I expect it to work. Now, the problem is the scheduler works only when my system is working. Once I shut down my system, the scheduler also stops working and the script does not execute.
I want a server (not sure if this is the right word), where I can host the R file or .bat file and where I can schedule the script to execute after every X mins. I need a server (??) because I want this to be active 24 X 7.
I have tried deploying it on shinyapps.io but somehow it doesn't work. Have gone through this as well, with no help. Any help would be appreciated.
I have created an R script that runs a K-means segmentation for one of my customers. How can I run this script every thirty days? The script should be on Linux Server.
First you need to create an R script for your k-means calculation. Save this file as your_script.R.
Next create a Windows batch file your_batch.bat which will execute the R script. The batch file should contain the following line which uses Rscript to launch R:
Rscript your_script.R arg1 arg2
Finally you can use the Windows Task Scheduler to setup your script to run every 30 days. Do a Windows search for "Task Scheduler" to find it, and specify your_batch.bat as the program to run.
You can use Sys.sleep to suspend execution for a given number of seconds. You could use this combined with a while to execute a function that runs your K-means segmentation.
I would however recommend you use a task scheduler for this, cron in your case. Just use Rscript to run your script as a cronjob. This does not require an R process to remain active, will launch on restart of the machine, and is easier to stop (no need to kill the process).
I would like to have my R script files automatically executed at certain times each day. I have tried to add the script file to the Windows task scheduler but all that does is open up Rstudio and the file but no execution.I followed these steps Scheduling R Tasks via Windows Task Scheduler but this does not work on my computer. When I create the batch file, command won't open it. I need help!
Schedule R scripts/processes with the Windows task scheduler. This allows R users working on Windows to automate R processes on specific timepoints from R itself.
https://github.com/bnosac/taskscheduleR
If you are looking for a Linux/Unix scheduler, you might be interested in the R package cronR available
https://github.com/bnosac/cronR