Use the Repeats tab in the Job
Details dialog to specify parameters for a job to run on
a regular schedule.
When
you specify scheduled jobs to run on a regular or periodic cycle,
you can select a calendar and a rule to adjust dates to comply with
specific business requirements. For example, you can schedule a job
to run every nth day, and select a calendar and
rule to specify that the job only runs on weekdays, not weekends.
For details on creating Calendars and selecting rules, see Calendars.
Details
- Cycles (1-4)
- Specify how often to run a scheduled job. You can
specify up to four different levels of frequency, or cycles, for scheduled
jobs. The available choices for each cycle depend on your choice in
the previous cycle. None is the default. For
example:
- If you select Every Nth Year for
Cycle 1, you must specify Month for Cycle 2,
and can choose Day or Week for Cycle 3.
- If you select Day for Cycle
3, you can choose None or Every
Nth HH:MM for Cycle 4.
- If you select Week for Cycle
3, you can choose Day of Week for Cycle 4.
Note: When you choose a cycle, you can specify the number (N)
of repeats within that cycle.
- Repeat (1-4)
- Specify the number of times a job is repeated within
each cycle. The repeat interval must be appropriate for the cycle.
- If you select Every Nth Year (Month,
Week, or Day) for Cycle 1, you can specify the Repeat as an integer.
- If you select Every Nth Month (Week
or Day) for Cycle 2, 3, or 4, you can specify the Repeat as a specific
month (January to December), within a range of 1 to 4 weeks, 1 to
31 days, and 00:00 to 23:50 hours and minutes.
- Stop Date
- Specify the last date the scheduled job is to run.
To open a calendar to select the date, click the down arrow. To schedule
the job to run periodically without a specific end date, click Never at
the bottom of the calendar.
- Adjust Dates to Calendar
- Select a calendar for adjusting the
dates a scheduled job is to run according to the set of parameters
specified for the calendar. SeeCalendars for
additional information.
- Optim™ Directory
- Enter the name of the Optim Directory
that contains the calendar to use. If you have access to more than
one Optim Directory, click
the down arrow to select from a list.
- Calendar
- Enter the name of the calendar. To select from a
list, click the down arrow.
- Rule
- Select the name of a business rule defined to the
calendar to use for job scheduling. To select from a list, click the
down arrow.
- Review
- Displays a calendar identifying the days scheduled
jobs are to run. A red check mark on the calendar day indicates the
day the scheduled job is to run.
- To select a different calendar month, click the
down arrow.
- To select a different year, click the spin buttons.
- To move forward or backward one month at a time,
click the single arrow.
- To move forward or backward one year at a time,
click the double arrow.