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Examples of repeating schedules
Note  The following information is for server administrators and group administrators.
The following examples show how schedules work when they run more than once. For a schedule created and enabled at 4:30 PM today, assuming today is Friday:
 
A schedule defined this way
Runs at these times
A Daily schedule that runs once per day at 5:00 PM, with an end date of 12/31/2016
The first time is at 5:00 PM today, Friday.
The next time is at 5:00 PM tomorrow, Saturday.
The schedule continues to run once daily at 5:00 PM, with its final run at 5:00 PM on 12/31/2016.
A Daily schedule that runs every hour with a start time of 9:00 AM and end time of 5:00 PM, with no end date specified
The first time is today, Friday, at 5:00 PM.
The next times are at 9 AM, 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM,
1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM and 5 PM tomorrow, Saturday.
The schedule continues to run daily, every hour starting at 9 AM and ending at 5 PM, inclusive.
A Weekly schedule that runs once per day at 5:00 PM, every Friday, with an end date of 12/31/2016
The first time is today, Friday, at 5:00 PM.
The next time is next Friday at 5:00 PM.
The schedule continues to run once every Friday at 5:00 PM, with its final time at 5:00 PM on 12/30/2016 (the last Friday before the end date).
An Every n days schedule that runs every three days, every hour, with a start time of 9:00 AM and end time of 5:00 PM, with no end date specified
The first time is today, Friday, at 5:00 PM.
The next time is next Monday at 9:00 AM, and every hour that day until 5:00 PM, inclusive.
The schedule continues to run every three days every hour starting at 9 AM and ending at 5 PM, inclusive.
Notes
•Start/end dates and start/end times are inclusive. The last time a schedule can run is at the scheduled end time on the scheduled end date.
•The start time and end time of a schedule must fall within the same day. To have a schedule run repeatedly overnight, create two schedules. For example, to back up databases hourly between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM starting every Friday night and running overnight, create one schedule that backs up every Friday, every hour, starting at 9:00 PM and ending at 11:00 PM, and another schedule that backs up every Saturday, starting at 12:00 AM and ending at 5:00 AM.
•A schedule starts running at the specified time but it may have to wait for other schedules to complete before it can proceed. If the other schedules take too long, the schedule may not complete before you expected it to run a second time. If this happens, that second run time is skipped.
Related topics 
Selecting the schedule frequency and repeat settings
Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting a schedule
Scheduling administrative tasks
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