Launching Tasks Using a Cron Trigger

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In this exercise, we will use the Cron trigger to launch the same tasks we launched in the previous exercise, Launching Tasks Using Temporary Triggers.

Contents 1 Create a Cron Trigger 2 View the Activity Screen

Create a Cron Trigger

1. From the navigation pane, select Triggers > Cron Triggers and click New.
2. In the Trigger Name field, type Launch SQL Tasks Using Cron.
3. In the Tasks field, click the Lock. In the Search field (with the magnifying glass), type SQL. The four SQL tasks you created pop up. Select the first one, then repeat the process for the other three
4. In the Minutes field, type the number of minutes past the hour you want the tasks to run. Use a time a few minutes from now. For example, for 3:16, type 16 in this field.
5. In the Hours field, type the hour in 24-hour time that you want the tasks to run. For example, for 3:16, type 15 in this field. The system uses the timezone of the OpsWise Automation Center server.
6. Leave asterisks in the remaining fields.



7. Right-click the down-arrow and select Save.
8. Enable the trigger.

View the Activity Screen

Navigate to the Activity screen. At the designated time, the four tasks are loaded and run.

Return to First Look menu.

For additional information, see:

• Cron Trigger