Prerequisites 

Availability

All Schedule operations require necessary permissions. Refer to Users and Profiles document for more details.

Check Feature Availability and Limits

Creating Schedules   

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click the Automate tab on the top.
   
3. Click the Schedules option in the left pane. The schedules available (if any) are displayed in the right.
   
   
   
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1. Access the End Application.
   
2. Click on the Setup icon.
   
3. Click Schedules under the AUTOMATION section. The schedules available (if any) are displayed in the right.
   

4.  Click the Add Schedule button in the top right corner. The New Schedule addition form is displayed.

5.  Provide the name for the schedule.

6.  Select the frequency at which the schedule must be run from the drop down list. You can choose either Once, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly. For example, if you choose to set the frequency on a daily basis, then your schedule will run every day from the specified start and time.

7. Select the days at which the action will be executed using the Schedule action will execute every {0} day(s) option. By default, the day(s) is set as 1(one). If you want the schedule to run every two days, select 2(two).

 8. Provide the start date and time for the schedule.

 9. Use the Set Active Days option to configure the week days at which the schedule is to be run. Using this option, you can skip running the schedule on certain days of the week even though you have configured daily, weekly, etc. For example, if you want to run the daily schedule only on weekdays, you can select Mon through Fri.

12. Set whether the schedule is currently active or inactive using the Status toggle button.

13. Configure the action to be performed in the schedule.

Configuring Actions

1. Select Custom Function from the Add Action drop down list. The available custom functions are displayed in a list view.
   
2. Select the custom function you want to associate and click the Associate button on the top of the list view.
   Refer to the Understanding Custom Functions document for more details.
   
   
   

The associated custom function is associated and displayed in the form.

1. Select Execute Command from the Add Action drop down list.
   
2. Select the command options in the Select Command section. The command should already be created using the commands feature.
   Refer to the Adding Commands document for more details.
   
   

4. Click Next.

5. Provide the values in the Set Value section.

6. Click Save & Associate.

Executing a Schedule 

1. Access the Developer Application.
2. Click the Automate tab on the top.
   
3. Click the Schedules option in the left pane.
   
4. Select the Failures tab to view the schedules that failed on execution.

Editing Schedules   

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click the Automate tab on the top.
   
3. Click the Schedules option in the left pane. The schedules rules available (if any) are displayed in the right.
   
4. Select Edit from the left of the schedule name.
   
   
   
   
5. Modify the required values.
   
6. Click Save.

Deleting Schedules   

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click the Automate tab on the top.
   
3. Click the Schedules option in the left pane. The schedules rules available (if any) are displayed in the right.
   
4. Select Delete from the left of the schedule name.
   
    
   
   
5. Click Delete in the confirmation popup to delete the schedule permanently.