Creating a Schedule

Create a schedule to define how often the Orchestrator should execute an orchestration. You can define a schedule using minutes, hours, days, or a Cron string. Cron is a time-based job scheduler that can be used to schedule jobs to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals (for example, every Tuesday and Friday at 9:00 a.m.).

To create a schedule:

1. Create a schedule as described in Creating a Component

2. In the Schedules design page, enter a short description with a maximum of 200 characters. This description should clearly describe the frequency of the schedule so that the schedule can be attached to notification as needed.

3. Perform one of the following steps:

   • In the Scheduled to run every section, select a number of minutes, hours, or days to define how often you want the schedule to run.

     If you select minutes, you cannot run more often than every five minutes.

   • In the Or Enter a Cron String section, enter a Cron string to define the schedule.

     Cron is a time-based job scheduler that can be used to schedule jobs to run periodically at fixed times and intervals, and on fixed dates. Many third-party Cron expression generators are available that can help you create a Cron string.

4. Click the Save or Save As.

A new schedule is saved for the first time as a "Personal" UDO. Thereafter, you can use the UDO buttons described in the User Defined Object (UDO) Features section to move the schedule to the appropriate status.