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Add a job schedule

To configure a job schedule, specify the following:

  • The business process to use in the job schedule.

  • When and how often the job must run.

  1. On the Home page, click System Settings > Job Schedules.
  2. Click Add Add.
  3. Enter a Name for the new job schedule.
  4. Consume the Category to use for the job schedule.
  5. Click Yes for Active to activate the current job schedule.
  6. Consume the Process for scheduling a job.

    Any initialization parameters associated with the process appear in the Parameters table.

  7. Edit the value of a parameter by entering a static value or mapping a server variable to the parameter.
  8. In the Frequency group, set the frequency of jobs:
    1. Create Jobs: Enter or select the number of jobs to create each time the schedule runs.
    2. How Often: Select how frequently jobs run. The options are: Once, Every (X) Minutes, Hourly, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
    3. If you selected Every (X) minutes, enter the number of minutes.
    4. When: Specify when the job runs:

      • Daily: This is the default option. Select the specific days on which the job runs. The default setting is for the job to run every day.

      • Weekdays: The jobs run only on weekdays, that is, Monday to Friday. Select the days to allow jobs to run on specific weekdays.

      • Everyday: The jobs run every day of the week.

  9. In the Range of Recurrence group, specify when and how often the job runs:
    1. To use start time for running the job, select Yes for Use Start Time and enter the start date and time. If set to No, job runs based on the Frequency, the moment it is created.
    2. To use end time for stopping the job, select Yes for Use End Time and enter the date and time.
    3. To specify the number of occurrences of a job, select Yes for Stop After and enter the number of occurrences.
  10. In the Additional group, set the following properties:
    1. To enable only one job at a time, click No for Create New Job if One is Running.
    2. To allow the schedule to run on specific working hours and days, click Yes for Use Business Calendar.

      By default, the schedule runs on all calendar days.

  11. Click OK.

  • To create three jobs to run once, enter 3 in the Create Jobs box.

  • To create two jobs to run twice every Monday to Friday:

    1. Create Jobs: Enter 2 in the box.

    2. How Often: Select Every and enter 2.

    3. When: Select Weekdays.

  • To create one job every two hours daily:

    1. Create Jobs: Enter 1 in the box.

    2. How Often: Select Hours and enter 2.

    3. When: Select Daily.

  • To create one job twice a day on Monday and Tuesday:

    1. Create Jobs: Enter 1 in the box.

    2. How Often: Select Daily and enter 2.

    3. When: Select Daily and select the Monday and Tuesday check boxes.

  • To create one job twice a week:

    1. Create Jobs: Enter 1 in the box.

    2. How Often: Select Weekly and enter 2.

  • To create two job thrice a month:

    1. Create Jobs: Enter 2 in the box.

    2. How Often: Select Monthly and enter 3.