Frappe Scheduler & Background Jobs

Deterministic syntax reference for Frappe scheduler events and background job processing via Redis Queue (RQ).

Decision Tree

Need periodic execution?
├─ Fixed interval (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly) → scheduler_events in hooks.py
├─ Custom cron schedule → scheduler_events.cron in hooks.py
├─ User-configurable interval → Scheduled Job Type DocType
└─ No, triggered by user/event
   ├─ Run method on a specific document → frappe.enqueue_doc()
   ├─ Run standalone function async → frappe.enqueue()
   └─ Run from controller on self → self.queue_action()

Quick Reference: Scheduler Events (hooks.py)