Simple times
The absolute times start a job only once. They are therefore suitable for one-off actions, such as taking over the inventory of a warehouse.
The relative times start the job on the specified days of the week and are therefore suitable for recurring tasks.
Settings
(1) Absolute schedule: Use the context menu to create absolute entries for "08.01.2018", "08:00, 08.01.2018", "08:30" and "08.01.2018, 11:30".
(2) Relative schedule: Use the context menu to create relative entries for "Monday, 08:45" and "Monday, 10:45".
Example
The following figure shows an excerpt of the chronological progression for Monday, 08.01.2018.
(3) A job is started by the absolute scheduling.
(4) A job is started by the relative scheduling.
If a job is already running at a start time, the additional start will be skipped. This applies to relative and absolute scheduling. The following figure shows such a case.
(5) A job is started by the absolute scheduling.
(6) Since there is still a job running, no new job is started.
(7) A job is started by the relative scheduling.
(8) Since there is still a job running, no new job is started.