Execution Frequency

Execution frequency (or run time) specifies both how often a process will run (for example, once, hourly, daily, etc.) and at what time it will run. You specify execution frequency when configuring a schedule or a custodian schedule.

The options in the Execution Frequency pane allow you to set periodicity of launching the current process. An administrator can set the following options:

One Time: Select this option if you want to launch the current process only once.

At: Set the time when the current process will be launched following the HH:MM format.
on (mm/dd/yyyy): Set the date when the current process will be launched. Upon clicking the field, the calendar appears.

Hourly: Select this option if you want to launch the current process at the specified hour or hours.

At... minute(s) of Every hour: Set the time when the current process will be launched following the MM format.

Daily: Select this option if you want to launch the current process in a specified number of days.

Every ... day(s): Set the number of days after which the current process will recur.
At: Set the time when the current process will be launched following the HH:MM format.

Weekly: Select this option if you want to launch the current process weekly.

Recur every: Set the number of weeks after which the current process will recur.
Select corresponding days of the week.
At: Set the time when the current process will be launched following the HH:MM format.

Monthly: Select this option if you want to launch the current process monthly.

Select the day when to perform the process.
If you select Day, set the number of days in the box.
If you select Business Day, set the business day(s) on which the current process will be launched. Business days are weekdays (i.e., Monday-Friday), unless an exception date is defined. The definition of Exception Dates can be used for holidays. When an exception day is found, the count skips to the next working day.

The process will be executed immediately after exception date/time is over. Otherwise, the process will only run on the set schedule, with the exception of the Business Day schedule, wherein an “All day” Exception Date will be excluded in the day count.

Examples:

To run the process on the 6th business day of the month, enter “6” in the field.

To run the process on the 1st business day of the month, then again on the 16th to the 20th business day of the month, enter “1, 16-20” in the field.

It is possible to schedule the process on a range of working days at a given time, e.g., “5”; “1,2,22,23”; “1-3, 21-23”; “−1”; “−3-−1”; and “−2-3, 5, 10.”

NOTE: A negative number denotes the number of days prior to the month selected, e.g., “business day −1” of October 2019 would be September 30, 2019 (provided it is a working day). Exception Dates must skip count to the next previous working day.

If you select The…, select First, Second, Third, Fourth or Last from the first drop-down list and the day of the week from the second drop-down list.
Select the month on which to perform the action.
If you select the of every n Month option, set the number of month in the box.
If you select the of selected months option, select the appropriate check box referring to the desired month.
In the At check box set the time when the current process will be launched following the HH:MM format.