Scheduling a Production Line (or Task)
Tasks require a schedule to run, although it's best practice to create a schedule at the production line level, rather than for individual tasks.
Schedule Type
Creating a schedule begins by selecting a type as listed below.
| Name | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Processing | DAILY | Runs every day. |
| Day/Month (ddMM) of Year | DAY-MONTH-OF-YEAR | Runs at specified day(s) of year. This is a 'ddMM' comma separated list of days in months (both days and months must be 2 digits e.g. 05) e.g. '0304,1712' will run on April 3rd and again on December 17th. |
| Last Day of Month | LAST-DAY-OF-MONTH | Runs on the last day of each month |
| Process Every Weekday | WEEKDAY | Runs every weekday (i.e. Monday to Friday). |
| Quarterly EOM Processing | QUARTERLY | Runs on the first day of each quarter (i.e. Jan 1st, Apr 1st). |
| Specific Day(s) of Month | DAY-OF-MONTH | Runs on specified day(s) of the month. This is a comma separated list of days in the format '7,14'. |
| Specific Day(s) of Week | DAY-OF-WEEK | Runs on specified day(s) of the week. This is a comma separated list of days in numeric format where Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, ... Sunday = 7. |
Depending upon the type selected, a value may be required. For instance, if selecting 'Specific Day(s) of Month' a list of days is required. Selecting 'Last Day of Month' or 'Process Every Weekday' doesn't require a value to be entered.
Frequency Type
Tasks can optionally run multiple times per day. For instance, an task could be set to run every two hours, starting from 8am and running until 6pm. In this case, a Frequency Type of 'Every 'n' Hours' would be selected with a Frequency Value of '2'.
| Name | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Every 'n' Hours | EVERY-N-HOURS | Runs every 'n' hour(s) e.g '3' will run every 3 hours. |
| Every 'n' Minutes | EVERY-N-MINUTES | Runs every 'n' minute(s) e.g. '3' will run every three minutes. |
| Every Hour | HOURLY | Runs every hour. |
| Hour/Minute (hmm) of Day | HOUR-OF-DAY | Runs at specified time(s) of day. This is a 'hmm' comma separated list of hours (in 24-hour syntax) with optional minutes (when specified, must be 2 digits e.g. 05) e.g. '815,14' will run at 8:15am and 2pm. |
| Once per Day | ONCE | Runs once per day. |