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Manage a job schedule

A schedule defines when a job should be run.

You can create, modify and delete the job schedules within the system on the Job schedules page.

To open the Job schedules page, navigate to System > Job schedules. A list of existing job schedules is displayed.

Use the following links to learn how to manage a job schedule:

See also: Job schedule examples

Create a job schedule

To create a job schedule, specify the business process to use, and when and how often the schedule must run.

  1. On the Job schedules page, click New.

    The New job schedule dialog box is displayed.

  2. Enter a Name for the new job schedule.
  3. Select the Category to create the schedule in.

    By default, the category is set to your working category.

  4. By default, the job schedule is Active.
  5. On the Process list, select the process you want to schedule.
    If the selected map has any initialization parameters, the parameters appear under Initialization parameters.
  6. To map the variables to the initialization parameters, on the Mapping list of the parameter, select a server variable to map, or click and enter a static value.
  7. To control when and how often a job repeats, do the following in the Schedule group:
    1. To specify the Start time for running the job, select either option:

      • Now: The job runs the moment it is created.

      • Specific time (default): Enter or select the start date and time for the job to run.

    2. Enter or select the Number of jobs to create each time the schedule runs. (Default: 1)
    3. For How often, select how frequently the jobs must run.

      The available options are:

      • Once (default): The jobs run only once.

      • Every (X) minutes: Enter or select the number of minutes and specify When the job runs, that is all days of the week or any specific day of the week. Available options are: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

      • Hourly: The jobs run every hour. Specify the interval, and When the job runs, that is all days of the week or any specific day of the week, job end time and number of occurrences after which the job should end.

      • Daily: The jobs run every day. By default the job runs from Sunday to Saturday and ends after 1 occurrence. Specify the job end time and change the number of occurrences after which the job should end.

      • Weekly: The jobs run once in a week. Specify the interval, job end time and number of occurrences after which the job should end.

      • Monthly: The jobs run once in a month. Specify the interval, job end time and number of occurrences after which the job should end.

    4. To specify the time for the job to end, select End at a specific time and select the date and time. (Default: Clear)
    5. To specify the number of occurrences of a job after which the job ends, select End after no of occurrences and enter or select the number of occurrences. (Default: Clear)
  8. In the Options group, set the following:
    1. It is possible that the next scheduled execution time arrives while a job is still running and the default behavior is to allow the new instance to be created. To enable only one job at a time, clear the check box for Create new job if one is running. This will prevent a new instance of the job from being created until the current one is complete.
    2. To restrict the schedule to run on specific working hours and days, select Use business calendar. (Default: clear)

      By default, the schedule runs on all calendar days.

  9. Click Save.

Modify a job schedule

You can modify a job schedule.

  1. On the Job schedules page, locate the job schedule.
  2. Click the job schedule to modify.

    The Edit job schedule dialog box is displayed.

  3. Make changes as needed and click Save.

    You can unlock job schedules and modify it based on your access control list permissions. See Lock status search.

Delete a job schedule

You can delete a job schedule.

  1. On the Job schedules page, locate the job schedule.
  2. On the context menu for the job schedule to delete, click Delete.

    On confirmation, the selected job schedule is deleted.

Job schedule examples

To schedule a job to run just once on a certain day and time

  1. Enter 1 in the No of jobs to create field.

  2. Set the start time to the required date and time.

To schedule the job to run once every Monday and Friday, and end after 10 occurrences

  1. Enter 1 in the No of jobs to create field.

  2. For How often, select Daily.

  3. For When, select the check boxes for Monday and Friday.

  4. Select End after no of occurrences and specify the number of occurrences as 10.

To schedule the job to run once a week on a Wednesday night, starting in 2 weeks and ending in 16 weeks.

  1. Enter 1 in the No of jobs to create field.

  2. For How often, select Weekly.

  3. Set the start date time to Wednesday, 2 weeks from now, at 9pm.

  4. Select End at a specific time and specify the time for the job to end, that is, Wednesday, 18 weeks from now

To schedule the job to run twice every 6 months.

  1. Enter 2 in the No of jobs to create field.

  2. For How often, select Monthly and specify the number of occurrences as 6.