Trigger shape (schedule)

Introduction

Trigger schedule options are used to schedule the associated process flow to run at a specified frequency and/or time. Here, you can use intuitive selection options to define your requirements or - if you are familiar with regular expressions - use advanced options to build your own expression.

Scheduling options (occurrence)

Schedules can be defined based on the following occurrences:

• Minutes

• Hourly

• Daily

• Monthly

• Advanced

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Minutes

Define a schedule to run every x minutes - for example:

Hourly

Define a schedule to run every x hours - for example:

Daily

Define a schedule to run on selected days of the week at a given start time - for example:

Use the every dropdown list for quick daily presets, or define custom settings:

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Monthly

Define a schedule to run on selected days of the month or weeks, for selected months, at a given start time - for example:

Use the every dropdown list for quick monthly presets, or define custom settings:

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Advanced

If you are familiar with cron expressions, you can select this option to activate the cron expression field beneath and enter your required expression directly:

Patchworks supports the 'standard' cron expression format, consisting of five fields: minute, hour, day of the month, month, and day of the week.

minute (0-59) hour (0-23) day_of_month (1-31) month (1-12) day_of_week (0-6)

Each field is represented by a number or an asterisk (*) to indicate any value. For example: 0 5 * * * would run at 5 am, every day of the week.

Adding a trigger schedule

Follow the steps below to add a new trigger schedule.

Step 1 To add a new schedule, click the add new schedule button:

Step 2 Select an occurrence.

Step 3 Define your required settings for the occurrence.

Step 4 Click save to save this schedule. The schedule is added to the shape - for example:

Multiple schedules

You can add a single schedule, or multiple schedules. When you add multiple schedules, ALL of them will be active.