Usability suggestion for automated jobs

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Tested out the upgrade to 5.5.1 on a dev site and while exploring the dashboard, I come across the automated jobs tab and the new "Remove all page versions except 10 most recent" and think to myself awesome, I want to do that, and hit the "remove" button thinking that will remove all old page versions. After I hit that I realize that I just removed that job, and have no idea how to get that back. To me, the play button needs to be more prevalent than the big remove button - it takes a bit of thinking to figure out whats going on in that page (my two cents).

Oh, and if anyone knows how to reinstall the "delete old versions" job, please let me know.

hursey013
 
ryan62383 replied on at Permalink Reply
Hello, I did the same thing. I downloaded the concrete5 install and grabbed the file from /concrete5.5.1/concrete/jobs/remove_old_page_versions.php
and re add it to your surver.

then in your sql database reinsert.
INSERT INTO `concrete5`.`Jobs` (`jID`, `jName`, `jDescription`, `jDateInstalled`, `jDateLastRun`, `pkgID`, `jLastStatusText`, `jLastStatusCode`, `jStatus`, `jHandle`, `jNotUninstallable`) VALUES ('4', 'Remove Old Page Versions', 'Removes all Old Page Versions', '2011-12-14 18:32:49', '2011-12-14 18:32:49', '0', NULL, '0', 'ENABLED', 'remove_old_page_versions', '0');


Probably not the easiest way but it works.
Hope this help.
svenschneider replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks, this helped me restoring my "Remove Old Page Versions" Job! I accidently hit Remove .. doh. Dangerous and evil buttons!
RHeimbeck replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks! This seems to have worked!
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
If you have accidentally removed a core job, you can restore it with
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/restore-automated-jobs/...

To schedule removal once a week or month or so, you can use
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/flexjob-scheduler/...
arrestingdevelopment replied on at Permalink Reply
arrestingdevelopment
+1 Totally agree.

And how about making the "Run All" button at the top of the "Run" button column more prominent, too! I've been working with C5.5.1 practically since it was released, and I only just discovered that you could click on that the other day!
Mainio replied on at Permalink Reply
Mainio
To me the "play" button seems like a button that expands something. So, I've clicked that many times by accident thinking "let's see more details on this job".