Scheduler

Scheduler provides time-based scheduling capabilities. You can use the Scheduler to run your tasks at a specific time, or on a recurring basis. You can schedule tasks to run on particular days, weeks, or months of the year.

Click the icon in the Tasks page to navigate to the Run Tasks page and schedule the task runs.

Schedule a Single Task

1. Click the Schedule icon next to the task. A Schedule dialogue box opens.
2. Choose the Type of schedule.
3. Enter the other criteria based on the Type of schedule and click the Schedule button.

Schedule Bulk Tasks

1. Select the checkboxes against Task IDs of the respective tasks and click the Schedule icon.
2. Give a meaningful name for the scheduler. All the selected tasks display the same Schedule Name.
3. Choose the Type of schedule.
4. Enter the other criteria based on the Type of schedule and click the Schedule button.

Types of Schedules

Simple

Tasks can be scheduled to run at a specific date and time.

1. Enter the Date and Time in the respective fields.
2. Select the Repeat checkbox to repeat the task, if required.
   1. Enter the number of times the task must run in the Repeat field.
   2. Enter the interval in minutes at which you want the task to repeat in the Mins field.
3. Select Timezone from the dropdown.

   A task is scheduled to run on 01/21/2021 at 7.00 AM in the (GMT-0500) America/Toronto Timezone. It repeats two times after every 120 minutes.
   The task runs on 01/21/2021 at 7.00 AM and 9.00 AM.

   

Daily

You can schedule a task to run daily.

1. Enter the date of execution in the From and Till fields.
2. Enter the time of execution in the At field.
3. Select Timezone from the dropdown.

   A task is scheduled to run daily from 01/20/2021 till 01/26/2021 at 07:00 AM in the (GMT-0500) America/Toronto Timezone.

   

   Default time zone listed in the scheduler is the default time zone set in in the Profile Management. Make sure to set Time zone in your profile as per your current location.

Weekly

You can schedule a task to run weekly.

1. The days in a week are listed (M, T, W, T, F, S, S). Select the days in which the task must run.
2. Enter the date of execution in the From and Till Fields.
3. Enter the time of execution in the At field.
4. Select Timezone from the dropdown.

   A task is scheduled to run weekly on every Monday from 01/20/2021 till 02/02/2021 at 07:00 AM in (GMT-0500) America/Toronto Timezone.

   

Monthly

You can schedule a task to run monthly.

1. Enter the date of execution in From and Till fields.
2. Select the day of the month that the task must run.
3. Enter the time of execution in the At field.
4. Select Timezone from the dropdown.

   A task is scheduled 15th day of every month from 01/20/2021 till 10/20/2021 at 07:00 AM in (GMT-0500) America/Toronto Timezone.

   
   

Polling

You can schedule a task to execute at a specific interval on the given dates and time intervals.

1. Choose the customized calendar created on the Calendar Settings Page.
2. Specify the start and end date for the task execution.
3. Define the start and end time of the day for the task execution.
4. Select the relevant Timezone from the dropdown.
5.  Input the time interval on the waittime field, in seconds.

   Polling option can used to trigger the execution of child task that reads email every five minutes.

   

Scheduled Runs page

Click the icon to view the Scheduled Runs page.

All the scheduled tasks in the HyperApp are listed here with Task ID, Task Name, Next Run Time, and Schedule Name.

Click the Schedule Name to view the Schedule Info page.

Schedule Info

You can view the information of the schedule and tasks associated with the schedule on this page.

Click the CANCEL SCHEDULE button to cancel the schedule.

To view the details of execution, navigate to the Execution History page.