Scheduling synchronization

We can specify a schedule to automatically run the incremental synchronization operation in a flow at timed intervals.

Before you begin

• Create and define a flow.
• Run the initial synchronization for the flow.

Procedure

1. To create a schedule for a flow operation for the first time, on the Flows page, under the name of the flow, click No Schedule. To edit a schedule that is already created, click the day and time of the next scheduled operation that is displayed under the flow.
2. In the Schedule window, click Enabled to activate the scheduler.
3. Select the type of schedule.
   • If you select Timer, the synchronization runs at the intervals specified in the schedule.
   • If you select Keepalive, the synchronization keeps running even if a timeout value is specified in the endpoint.

4. Select the frequency for the flow operation as either Every Month or Selected Month(s). If you choose Selected Month(s), the month names are displayed and you must select one or more months.
5. Select the days on which you want to run the flow operation from the following options: Every Day, Weekdays for specify days of the week, or Selected day(s) to specify the days of the month.
6. Under the Hours/Minutes/Seconds section, enter the time of the day when you want the flow operation to start. We can also enter the wildcard * (asterisk), a comma-separated list, or a range of numbers to specify hours, minutes, and seconds. For example:
   • To run the synchronization at the start of each hour, enter * in the Hours field, and then enter 0 in both the Minutes and Seconds fields.
   • To run the synchronization every 15 minutes in each hour, enter * in the Hours field, 0,15,30,45 in the Minutes field, and 0, in the Seconds field.

7. Select Enabled.
8. If you anticipate that a flow operation might not complete before the next operation is scheduled to start, select Don't start if already running. This option is useful for operations that are of a longer duration because it prevents two instances of the same operation from running simultaneously.
9. If you want to stop the flow operation when it encounters a failure, select Terminate schedule if assemblyline fails. For example, we can enable this option to fix errors in the log file before a failed synchronization is automatically attempted repeatedly.
10. Click Close to save the schedule.

Results

The day and time of the next scheduled flow operation is displayed under the flow.

What to do next

If you do not want to use the scheduler in the future, we can clear the Enabled check box in the Schedule window.

Parent topic:

Synchronizing data on the target directory