Timetable Setting

CloverDX Server > Using Graphs > Scheduling > Timetable Setting

This section describes specification of triggering schedules. Note that exact trigger times are not guaranteed. There may be couple of seconds delay. Schedule itself can be specified in different ways.

Onetime Schedule

Periodical schedule by Interval

Periodical schedule by timetable (cron Expression)

Onetime Schedule

This schedule is triggered just once.

Table 30.1. Onetime schedule attributes

Name	Description
Periodicity	Onetime
Start time	Date and time, specified in the `yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss` format.
Start skipped executions as soon as possible	If checked and execution is skipped for any reason (e.g. server restart), it will be triggered immediately when it is possible. Otherwise it is ignored and it will be triggered at the next scheduled time.

Figure 30.2. Web GUI - onetime schedule form

Periodical schedule by Interval

This type of schedule is the simplest periodical type. Trigger times are specified by these attributes:

Table 30.2. Periodical schedule attributes

Name	Description
Periodicity	Interval
Run every	Specifies interval between two trigger times (in minutes). The next task is triggered even if the previous task is still running.
Active from/to	Date and time, specified in the `yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss` format.
Start skipped executions as soon as possible	If checked and execution is skipped for any reason (e.g. server restart), it will be triggered immediately when it is possible. Otherwise it is ignored and it will be triggered at the next scheduled time.

Figure 30.3. Web GUI - periodical schedule form

Periodical schedule by timetable (cron Expression)

Timetable is specified by a cron expression.

Table 30.3. Cron periodical schedule attributes

Name	Description
Periodicity	Timetable
Cron expression	Cron is a job scheduler which uses its own format for scheduling. i.e. `0 0/2 4-23 * * ?` means "every 2 minutes between 4:00 AM and 11:59 PM".
Active from/to	Date and time, specified in the `yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss` format.
Start skipped executions as soon as possible	If checked and execution is skipped for any reason (e.g. server restart), it will be triggered immediately when it is possible. Otherwise it is ignored and it will be triggered at the next scheduled time.

Figure 30.4. Cron periodical schedule form

When setting up a cron expression, a hint displays it in a human readable format. Furthermore, when you click on each of the field in the expression, the hint expands, indicating which part of the expression you are editing and listing symbols, their meaning and values that can be used in the expression.

	Note
	Server cron expression for Days of Week differs from nix cron expression. Days in cron expression in Server start from 1 which corresponds to Sunday. nix cron expression uses 0 or 7 for Sunday.