Can a schedule be executed from future method?

Question

One cannot execute a batch from a future annotated method. It is also impossible to have a trigger reacting to changes in future calling a batch.

I cannot find if it is possible to execute a schedule from a future method (or a System.scheduleBatch) which will then in turn execute a batch, similar to a older trick of calling a schedule from a batch finish to link batches.

Answer 1

Yes, we do that. Dan Appleman did a dreamforce session about exactly that. See here for more

We chain batch, which schedules a job to restart that batch. It runs round the clock, and is one of my favorite things I've ever built.