Schedule jobs

Define a Schedule

To create a Schedule:

The Schedule will appear in the Schedules list where you can see when the Next run will occur, or "Not Enabled" if the Schedule has not yet been activated.

To stop an active Schedule, click Options > Disable.

Using a CRON expression

A CRON expression is a string of either 6 or 7 fields, separated by white space, that can be used as a shorthand way of defining a recurring schedule.

To create a CRON expression use the following fields:

Some example CRON expressions:

• 0 0 0 1W * ? 2022 will run at midnight on the first weekday of each month in 2022.
• 0 15 0 1/2 * ? will run at quarter past midnight every other day (for the current year).
• 0 0 9-17 ? * MON-FRI * will run every hour between 9AM and 5PM, Monday to Friday.
• 0 0 0 ? * 2#1 * will run at midnight on the first Monday of every month.
• 0 0 0 14W * ? * will run at midnight on the closest working day to the 14th day of every month, which could be before or after the 14th.
• 0 0 0 4/14 * ? * will run every 14 days starting on 4th of the month. Executions could happen on any day, including weekends.
• 0 0 3 ? * 6L * will run at 3AM on the last Friday of every month.

Running a Schedule

As well as running at the defined interval, a Schedule can be run as a one-off event for immediate execution in two ways:

1. Clicking Options > Run now from the Schedules list.
2. Using a Schedule in as the action triggered in a Notification.

Go to Jobs to review the status of running and completed Workflow tasks. For Workflow executions triggered by a Schedule, the Initiated by column will indicate which Schedule initiated the job. Click Show Job on the job to see more information such as the status and duration.