Here you will find a screen for configuring time-driven Input Agents using crontab syntax. Templates and a Cron Wizard are available via the context menu. You can also define your own templates in a configuration file.

Important notes:

For a manual configuration, please only use values between "0" and "59" for the seconds and minutes and between "0" and "23" for the hours. We recommend using the Cron Wizard.
The syntax used here is similar to the crontab syntax in UNIX systems. However, the numbering of weekdays differs from the UNIX syntax. It starts with "1" for Sunday. In column "Day", for example, a "1" stands for the first day of the month, an "L" stands for the last day of a month, and a "*" means every day.
In any case, avoid a single asterisk "*" in the "Seconds" column, because that means every second and would have a very strong impact on performance.
If a job still runs when a new start time is reached, the new start time is ignored.

Context menu

Next run	Opens a pop-up that shows when the next profile run will be triggered.
Create copy	Self-explanatory.
Remove entry	Self-explanatory.
Add new entry	Self-explanatory.
Add template (plus icon)	Selection of a predefined template.
Add template (person icon)	Selection of a self-defined template. See section "Defining Custom Cron Templates" below.
Cron wizard	Opens the Cron Wizard, which allows you to create an entry by selecting predefined values.
Remove all entries	Self-explanatory.

Examples

The following table shows some examples of setting the time points using crontab syntax. For comprehensive explanations and examples on the topic of crontab syntax, please refer to external sources. This is a commonly used concept.

Seconds	Minutes	Hour	Day	Month	Weekday	Meaning
0	0	*	*	*	*	Every hour.
0	15	10	*	*	1	Every Sunday at 10:15.
0	*/20	*	*	*	*	Every 20 minutes, starting from full hours and on the full hour. Example: Let's assume you save your profile at 16:56 with these settings. Then it runs at 17:00, 17:20, 17:40, 18:00, 18:20, ...
0	*/21	*	*	*	*	Every 21 minutes, starting from full hours and on the full hour. Example : Let's assume you save your profile at 16:56 with these settings. Then it runs at 17:00, 17:21, 17:42, 18:00, 18:21, ... Note: If you really want the next profile run 21 minutes after the last run, please use intervals.
*/10	*	*	1	12	*	Every 10 seconds on the 1st of December (starting from full minutes and to the full minute).
0	*/10	6-8,16-19	*	*	*	Every 10 minutes between 6-8 and 16-19 hours (starting from full hours and on the full hour).
0	0	18-6/2	*	*	*	Important note: Please do not use entries that go beyond the day limit "(18-6)". Instead, create two entries: "0-6/2" and "18-23/2".

Defining custom cron templates

You can define custom templates in the configuration file "./etc/admin/datawizard/cron_templates.txt". It is not necessary to restart the Integration Server.

# here you can define custom cron templates
# <name of template> = <cron syntax>
# the name should not contain "="
 
# Example - values on right separated by single blank
Every Friday at 22:00 = 0 0 22 * * 6