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Scheduling Options Dialog: Conditions Tab

The Conditions tab lets you specify various conditions, for example, you can specify the date range within which you want the job or collect task to execute. This tab has the following fields:

Time / Date restrictions
Run only when within date range
Start

Defines the first day the action is scheduled to take place.

Stop

Defines the last day the action is scheduled to take place.

Run only when within time range
Start

Specifies the time before which the asset should not execute the action even if the agent is running.

Stop

Specifies the time after which the asset should not execute the action. However, an asset that has already started executing an action will complete.

Note: The syntax for Time is HH:MM:SS AM/PM

Day of the week dependency
Run only on these days

Runs the job only on the selected day(s). Checking this option enables you to select one or several days.

Periodic dependency
Run only once a ...

Lets you select one of the following, when selected:

Day

Executes the action once daily.

Week

Executes the action once weekly.

Month

Executes the action once monthly.

After elapsed time

Lets you select one of the following options, depending on your selection.

Note: Use the slider next to this field by dragging it left or right to adjust the value for the following options.

For Day

Executes the action after the selected time of the day or at the next possible time. If you select 15, action starts after 15:00 hours. If the computer is turned off before 15:00 hours, the action is executed during next startup, whenever that may be.

Range: 0 to 23 hours.

For Week

Executes the action after the scheduled day or at the next possible time, if the action could not be executed on the scheduled day. For example, if the action is scheduled to execute on Wednesday, but could not execute on that day (for example, user absent) it will execute the next time it is possible.

Range is Sunday to Saturday.

For Month

Executes an action on a specific day of the month, for example, the 10th.

Range is 0 to 30.

Note: All of the Time/Date Restrictions can be enabled and thus combined.

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Scheduling Options Dialog: Dependency Tab