Sampling schedules
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Schedules trigger events at a specific times. Some events include:
- Data Exports — When system should export files.
- Feed Pulls — When system should import files for processing.
- Sampling Triggers — When system should trigger pool-based sampling.
- Push Reports — When to send reports to users through email
Schedule properties
A event is triggered when all the conditions of a schedule are met. If a condition is blank it's considered as always met.
- Name
- Name of the schedule, and is the name referenced in other setup pages.
- Timezone
- The timezone in which the settings below take place. For example, when Hours is 16, the schedule triggers at 4 p.m. in the selected timezone.
- Second
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Seconds in which to trigger. The range is 0 (start of the minute) to 59, and the list is comma-separated.
Note: Do not leave Second blank. Set the value to a non-zero integer in the range of 1 to 59. - Minute
- Minutes in which to trigger. The range is 0 (start of the hour) to 59, and the list is comma-separated. If left blank, it triggers every minute, which is not recommended.
- Hour
- Hours in which to trigger. The range is 0 (midnight) to 23, and the list is comma-separated. If left blank, it triggers every hour.
- Days of Month
- Days of the month (comma-separated integers) on which to trigger. If left blank, it triggers every day.
- Month
- Months in which to trigger. Leave all months unselected (all on the left) to trigger every month.
- Days of Week
- Days of the week on which to trigger. Leave all days unselected (all on the left) to trigger every day.
- On Missed Schedule
- What to do when a schedule failed to trigger, such as because the server was down or because of a daylight savings time adjustment.
Wait for next Do not trigger any missed schedules; wait for the next schedule. Run once Trigger the first missed schedule and then wait for the next schedule. Use this option for all important schedules. Run all Trigger all missed schedules and then wait for the next schedule. - Next Trigger In
- Display of the amount of time until the schedule is next triggered.
- Next Schedules
- Display of the when the next ten times the schedule will trigger. Use this to verify your settings. To see more than ten, click Show more schedules.
Tips and behavior
- Define a Missed Schedule event for important schedules.
