Adding Schedules
Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer
What Is It?
Use this procedure to add Schedules in the Enterprise Manager.
To add a schedule, complete the following steps:
- Select on Schedule Master under the Administration topic. The Schedule Master screen displays
- Select
Add on the Schedule Master toolbar - Enter a schedule name in the Name text box
- (Optional) Enter any text in the Documentation text box
- Ensure that the Schedule tab is in focus
- (Optional) Enter the time in the Start Time text box of the Schedule Details frame. If not specified, the default is 00:00 (midnight)
- Select the Workdays per Week for the schedule to run
- (Optional) Select any of the following options as needed:
- Multi-Instance
- SubSchedule
- Conflict with other days
- Use Master Holiday
- An additional holiday calendar in the Additional Holidays list
- Select
Save on the Schedule Master toolbar and select OK - Select Close ☒ (to the right of the Schedule Master tab) to close the Schedule Master screen
FAQs
Q: What information is required to add schedules?
The required fields include Name, Documentation, Start Time. Select Save on the toolbar to save the new record.
Q: Is documentation required when adding schedules?
No. The Documentation field is optional. You can enter notes about the schedules to track its purpose, but it is not required to save the record.
Glossary
Calendar: A named collection of dates in OpCon used by schedules and frequencies to determine when automation runs or is excluded. Calendars can represent holidays, working days, or any custom date set.
Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.
Schedule: A named container for jobs in OpCon, built for a specific date to create that day's automation. Schedules define build settings, frequencies, and the jobs that run within them.