Setting up Periodic Tasks
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Periodic Tasks provide a way of scheduling . This way, users can define when and how often a specific Data Flow should be run within the App.
From the , Periodic Tasks can be set up by clicking on the ‘+’ sign next to Periodic Tasks.
This example will use a Periodic Task to regularly send account managers a report with the App’s CSAT survey results.
In the inspector, select the a Data Flow to be scheduled. In Period, set the scheduling criteria and in Time Zone, select the corresponding time zone.
Once created, the Data Flow will run at 10, Chicago time, every Monday.
The first * corresponds to the minutes
The second * corresponds to the hour(s)
The third * corresponds to the day(s) of the month
The fourth * corresponds to the month(s)
The fifth * corresponds to the day(s) of the week
You can also use special characters or non-standard values to make a more accurate call:
In the Stage section when editing a Periodic Task, you can see a log of all Periodic Tasks that have been run.
The Period input expects a cron schedule expression. For help with cron schedule expressions, see .
In order to set the frequency for a Data Flow to be run, the five ‘*’ characters should be replaced in Period following this :
