Setting Up Recurring Tasks

You may want a job to be repeated one or more times during a defined period. If so, proceed as follows:

1. In the Recurrence dialog (go to Setting the Execution Time and Date for a Job for more information), click the down-arrow beside the Recurring Task field and select Yes.

The dialog expands to display additional parameters – see the figure below - .



Figure 1 - The dialog with the Recurrence function activated

2. In the New Start Time fields, set the time you want the first job execution to be performed.
3. In the Recurrence Pattern Type field, click the down-arrow and select the basic recurrence rate (hourly, daily etc.).

The “Schedule” area below changes depending on the selection made here. In this area:

• For hourly recurrences, type in the rate. For example, if you want the job to be executed every 4 hours, type 4 into the box. The job will be first executed at the date and time set in the New Start Time fields, then will be repeated every four hours.
• For daily recurrences, type in the rate. For example, if you want the job to be executed every 3rd day, type 3 into the box. The job will be first executed at the date and time selected in the New Start Time fields, and will be repeated every third day.
• For weekly recurrences, type in the rate and select the days of the week on which you want the job to be executed. For example, if you type 2 into the first box and click in the Monday and Friday boxes to select them, the job will be executed every second week; the first time on the Monday, the next time on the Friday, the next time on the Monday and so on.
• For monthly recurrences, type in the day of the month and the rate. For example, if you want the job to be executed on the 10^th day of every second month, type 10 into the Day box and 2 into the Month box.
4. In the Range of Recurrence fields, set the end-date and time for the recurrences. No recurrences will be performed after this date and time.
5. Click Save to save the settings.

The Recurrence tab changes to display the settings - .

Figure 2 - The Recurrence tab showing an example of recurring settings

Note: If you go out of the dialog before saving the settings, the settings will revert to their default values.

Once you have saved the settings, you can go back at any time to change them or halt the task. To do this, click Change(go to Changing the Execution Settings for more information).