To add or edit a scheduled task to run in ColdFusion, follow these steps:
Click Server>Schedule Task in the ColdFusion Administrator. The Schedule Task page appears.
In the Schedule Task page, do one of the following
To add a new task to run. Click Schedule New Task. The Add/Edit Schedule Task page appears.
To edit an existing task to run. Click the name of the task on the Schedule Task page. The Add Edit Schedule Task page appears.
In the Add/Edit Task page specify or modify the
following information:
Option |
Description |
Default |
Task Name |
Enter a name for the task you want to run in the Task Name text box.
|
None. |
Duration |
Enter the Start and End dates for the task. Note that the end date is optional. If you want this task to execute continuously, leave the end date field blank. |
Start date: present date End date: blank
|
Schedule to Run |
Select how often you want to schedule this task to run:
|
Recurring: daily at 1:00 p.m.
|
Operation |
Enter an HTTP port number between 1 and 65535. |
None |
URL |
Enter the URL for the page you want to execute in the URL text box. This is not limited to local pages. You can execute pages on a remote ColdFusion Server as well, assuming you have the proper access rights to do so. |
None |
User Name Password
(optional) |
Specify a user name and password only if the page you want to execute is in a secure location. |
None |
Request TimeOut
(optional) |
Specify a timeout setting. A timeout setting helps prevent requests from stalling due to an overloaded web server, network problem, or a page that takes too long to execute. |
None |
Proxy Server Proxy Port
(optional) |
If this request needs to be routed through a proxy server, enter the URL and Port number of that proxy server. |
None |
Publish Path File
(optional) |
If you want to publish an output file of this task, you must:
|
None |
Resolve URL
(optional) |
Select the Resolve URL option to replace any relative URLs used in links returned in the result page to absolute URLs. |
Option: disabled. |
To save and apply changes, click Submit Changes.