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[Chris Hyzer <>]

I don’t think so... it by defaults runs at 3am, selects all from external 
subject table, sees if there are updates, and updates those records.  You can 
blank it out in the config if you don’t use external subjects

Thanks,
chris

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 On Behalf Of Michael R. Gettes
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 9:37 AM
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Subject: [grouper-users] externalSubjects.calc.fields.cron

Hi all,

there is an entry in grouper.base.properties (2.2 latest) for 
externalSubjects.calc.fields.cron to run daily.
there is https://spaces.internet2.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=17104949 
which attempts to explain what it is.

frankly, i’m not sure i understand or even need to understand.  What i am 
curious about is the impact of this thing.  Is it conceivable in any way it 
could generate excessive changes to the DB?  We are seeing periodic excessive 
DB change activity - large binlogs under mysql - and trying to see what might 
be triggering the changes.  

If anyone has advice, i’d appreciate it.

thanks so much!  happy monday!

/mrg