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Timer Schedule Items

You can enter up to 99 schedule items for a timer. Enter schedule details according to the following definitions:

Day

Specifies the days of the week when the timer is activated. As well as the abbreviated versions, you can enter shorthand values asterisk (*), W/D, or W/E in this field. If an asterisk is entered, an individual schedule item is created for each of the seven days of the week, with all other values duplicated. If you enter W/D, an individual schedule item is created for each of the five working days of the week. Entering W/E results in the creation of individual schedule items for Saturday and Sunday.

Note: The validation procedure does not accept a value in both the Day and the Date fields; enter a value in one of these fields only.

Date

Specifies the date when the timer is activated. If you specify a numeric value between 1 and 31 in this field, the timer is activated on that day of the month each month. For example, if you specify 1, it is activated on the first day of each month. If, in addition to specifying a day, you also specify the first three characters of a month in the format dd-mmm, the timer is activated on that day of that month each year. If, in addition to specifying a day and a month, you also specify a four-character year value in the format dd-mmm-yyyy, the timer is activated on that day of that month and that year. If you entered YES in the Delete on Expiry? field, schedule items that have a full date specified are purged after execution.

Time

Specifies the time when the action or actions associated with the timer are performed or, if the Every field also contains a value, the time when the action or actions associated with the timer are first performed.

Every

Specifies the period if you want the action or actions associated with the timer performed at regular intervals. If you enter a value in this field, you must also enter a value in either the Num or the End Time field. When you complete one of these fields, the other is calculated automatically when validation occurs.

The first time the action or actions associated with the timer are performed is specified in the Time field—see the preceding field description. To calculate the time when the second occurrence of the action or actions associated with the timer are performed, the value in the Every field is added to the value in the Time field, and so on.

Num

Specifies the number of times that the action or actions associated with the timer are performed. When you enter a value in this field, the value in the End Time field is automatically calculated.

End Time

Specifies the last permissible time when the regular action or actions associated with the timer are performed. When you enter a value in this field, the value in the Num field is automatically calculated.

Status

Specifies the status of a timer schedule item: ACTIVE or INACTIVE. You can disable an individual timer schedule item by changing the status of that item from ACTIVE to INACTIVE.

Add Further Schedule Items

When you have completed the first seven entry lines on the static list displayed initially, you can add further schedule items.

To add further schedule items

  1. Press F10 (Scrllst).

    Note: If you are using a 24-line screen, you can type MAX at the prompt to maximize screen use and to display the schedule list only.

  2. To add a line to the schedule, apply the R (Repeat) action to a listed item.
  3. Overtype the repeated line with the new schedule item details.

View the Next Execution of Timer Schedule Items

To view the next execution of the time schedule items, press the F5 (NextTmr) function key on the Timer Schedule panel.

The Next Execution Display panel appears.

This panel displays the next scheduled execution time and date of each timer schedule item in the order that they fall due, as well as all the schedule item details specified in the schedule map.

 PROD--------------- EventView : Next Execution Display ------------------------
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     Item NextDate     NextTime  Day  Date        Time      Every  Num  EndTime
       2  08-AUG-1995  16.00.00  TUE              16.00.00  00.10  12   18.00.00
       3  09-AUG-1995  16.00.00  WED              16.00.00  00.10  12   18.00.00
       4  10-AUG-1995  16.00.00  THU              16.00.00  00.10  12   18.00.00
       5  11-AUG-1995  16.00.00  FRI              16.00.00  00.10  12   18.00.00
       6  12-AUG-1995  16.00.00  SAT              16.00.00  00.30  4    18.00.00
       7  13-AUG-1995  16.00.00  SUN              16.00.00  00.30  4    18.00.00
       1  14-AUG-1995  16.00.00  MON              16.00.00  00.10  12   18.00.00
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Delete Timer Schedule Items

To delete a timer schedule item, apply the D (Delete) action to the item.