Tasks can be scheduled by the second, minute, hour, day, week, or month.
To schedule a task, select an existing task from the Task table and click
on the schedule button.
Scheduling by the Second
Tasks can be scheduled by the second. i.e. every x = 15 seconds
etc. if required. Please note that scheduling tasks at this rate is very
likely to consume a large amount of your computer's time and resources.
When you schedule by the second, the task will run every x seconds from
the time the task was created. If you restart the scheduler, the
task will run first after x seconds and then repeat every x seconds.
When scheduling by the Second, the following fields are used: Run Hours,
Run Days.
When scheduling by the Second, the following fields are ignored: Run
Months, Run Dates, Run Weeks.
Scheduling by the Minute
When you schedule by the minute, two rules apply:
1. If you schedule every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 or
30 minutes (i.e. divisible by 60), then the task will run at the same time
each hour. Example, if you schedule a task to run every 15 minutes,
and you set the run 'minute' = 0, it will run at 0, 15, 30 and 45.
If you set the run 'minute' = 5, it will run at 5, 20, 35 and 50.
2. If the period is not divisible by 60, the task will run every
x minutes. If you restart the scheduler, the task will run first
after x minutes and then repeat every x minutes.
When scheduling by the Minute, the following fields are used: Run Hours,
Run Days.
When scheduling by the Minute, the following fields are ignored: Run
Months, Run Dates, Run Weeks.
Scheduling by the Hour
When you schedule by the hour, two rules apply:
1. If you schedule every 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,12, or 24 hours (i.e.
divisible by 24), then the task will run at the same time each day.
Example, if you schedule a task to run every 6 hours, and you set the run
'minute' = 0, it will run at 12AM,6AM,12PM,6PM everyday.
2. If the period is not divisible by 24, the task will run every
x hours. If you restart the scheduler, the task will run first after
x hours, and then repeat every x hours, at the minute of the hour you set.
When scheduling by the Hour, the following fields are used: Run Hours,
Run Days.
When scheduling by the Hour, the following fields are ignored: Run
Months, Run Dates, Run Weeks.
Scheduling by the Day
When you schedule by the day, the task will run on the days selected
at the exact time of the day you set.
When scheduling by the Day, the following fields are used: Run Days,
Run Weeks.
When scheduling by the Day, the following fields are ignored: Run Hours,
Run Months, Run Dates.
Scheduling by the Week
When you schedule by the week, the task will run every week on the
day selected and at time of the day you set.
When scheduling by the Week, the following fields are used: Run Days,
Run Weeks.
When scheduling by the Week, the following fields are ignored: Run
Hours, Run Months, Run Dates.
Scheduling by the Month
When you schedule by the month, the task will run for the months that
you have selected, on the date of the month, and time of the day you set.
If you require the task to run on the last day of the month, select the
date as "32".
When scheduling by the Month, the following fields are used: Run Months,
Run Dates.
When scheduling by the Month, the following fields are ignored: Run
Hours, Run Days, Run Weeks.
Start Date
This field is a Start Date filter. If the next run time calculated
is prior to the Start Date, the next run time is incremented till it is
after the Start Date. This time does not indicate the first run time.
End Date
This field is an End Date filter. If the next run time calculated
is past the End Date, the scheduled is Cancelled. This time does
not indicate the Last run time.