Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting a schedule

Scheduling administrative tasks > Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting a schedule

Note The following information is for server administrators and group administrators.

To create a scheduled task:

1. Click Schedules.

2. Click

, then choose Create a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant.

3. Select the task you want, then click Next. See Selecting a task.

4. Specify the schedule details, then click Next to continue. The schedule details are different depending on the type you selected. See Selecting schedule details.

5. Click Finish in the Schedule assistant to save changes to the schedule.

6. Select Enabled next to the schedule to set it to run, if you did not enable it in Options.

Sometimes it is easier to duplicate and edit an existing schedule rather than define a new schedule.

To duplicate an existing schedule:

1. Click Schedules, then choose a schedule from the list.

2. Click

, then choose Duplicate a Schedule.

The selected schedule is copied with the following name: <schedule name> Copy.

Tip You can rename the schedule in the Schedule assistant. Click

, then choose Edit a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant and change the schedule name in Options.

To edit a schedule:

1. Click Schedules, then choose a schedule from the list.

2. Click

, then choose Edit a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant.

3. Make changes to each page that you want, and click Next.

4. Click Finish in the Schedule assistant to save changes.

5. If necessary, select Enabled next to the schedule so that it will run.

To delete a schedule:

1. Click Schedules.

2. Choose one or more schedules from the list.

3. Click

, then choose Delete Selected Schedules.

Note If you are a group administrator, your server administrator must configure your administrator group to allow you to create, edit, duplicate, and delete schedules for the databases in your group folder. For more information, contact your server administrator.