Hi Tom,

Using cron job what is actually doing is , calling  the function we defined in our file .In your case “my_function”.

<field name="function" eval="'my_function'" />

<field name="model" eval="'model.name '" /> : The field model specifies on which model the automated action should be called.

<field name="function" eval="'method_name '" /> : Name of the method to be called when this job is processed

You can see the cron job u created  from settings -> Technical -> Scheduled Actions ->Select your created cron job

So if you want to call it manually from a button click define a button in your XML file.

The code will look like this <button name="my_function" string="Do manually" type="object"/>

To know more about cron job you can also refer our blog on scheduled actions

Regards

Hello Tom Eijkelenkamp, 

You can achieve this using below code

XML:

<button name="run_my_cron" string="Run" type="object"/>

Python:

def run_my_cron:   self.env.ref('module_name.my_cron').method_direct_trigger()

   return True

Thanks

Anisha Bahukhandi