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# About the Main Tab

The Main tab of the Schedule dialog box provides a comprehensive set of options for configuring the Schedule run times. The dialog box is divided into a number of areas listed below.
|  | Time-Zone — Displays a list of time zones/world cities for selection. The time zone selected is then used when scheduling task run times.For example, if King Task Centre is installed on a server using GMT and Cairo is selected from the drop-down list, then a task scheduled to run at 10:00 am will actually run at 08:00 am as Cairo time is GMT + 2 hours. The selected time zone is displayed below the list.
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|  | Schedule — This area contains a number of schedule options for selection. Options available in the Schedule Options area depend on the schedule option chosen here.

|  | Schedule Options — This area displays a number of options depending on the schedule option chosen in the Schedule area. See Schedule Types below for full details of options.

|  | Schedule Run Time — This area displays a date picker control and a 24 hour time control which enables an exact date and a time in hours and minutes to be entered for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Task run date/time: — This area contains fields for specifying the start and end dates and times for a task to run. In addition, the times and dates that the task last run and when it is next scheduled to run are displayed.

## Schedule Types

Once Only

|  | Selecting the Once Only option in the Schedules area of the dialog box provides no options in the Schedule Options area.

|  | A date and time may be specified using the controls in the Schedule Run Time area.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Minutes

|  | Selecting the Minutes option in the Schedules area of the dialog box provides the following options in the Schedule Options area:

|  | Run Every — A control that enables a number from 1 to 59 to be selected, representing a period of minutes. Selecting 10 would therefore run the Schedule once every 10 minutes.

|  | In addition, the following controls are provided to enable a time duration to be entered for task runtime:

|  | Start date/time — Two controls are provided to enable the start date and time to be entered.

|  | End date/time — A check box is provided to enable selection of this option if required. Two controls are provided to enable the end date and time to be entered.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are also displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Hours

|  | Selecting the Hours option in the Schedules area of the dialog box provides the following options in the Schedule Options area:

|  | Run Every — A control that enables a number from 1 to 23 to be selected, representing a period of hours. Selecting 8 would therefore run the Schedule once every 8 hours

|  | In addition, the following controls are provided to enable a time duration to be entered for task runtime:

|  | Start date/time — Two controls are provided to enable the start date and time to be entered.

|  | End date/time — A check box is provided to enable selection of this option if required. Two controls are provided to enable the end date and time to be entered.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are also displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Days

|  | Selecting the Days option in the Schedules area of the screen provides the following options in the Schedule Options area:

|  | Run Every Day — Select this option to run the Schedule once every day. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Run Every — A control is provided that enables a number from 1 to 999 to be selected, representing a period of days. Selecting 2 would therefore run the Schedule once every 2 days. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | To enable the time of day that the Schedule runs, the Schedule Run Time area provides the following options:

|  | Run Date/Time — A control is provided to enable a time in hours and minutes that the Schedule runs.

|  | In addition, the following controls are provided to enable a time duration to be entered for task runtime:

|  | Start date/time — Two controls are provided to enable the start date and time to be entered.

|  | End date/time — A check box is provided to enable selection of this option if required. Two controls are provided to enable the end date and time to be entered.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are also displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Weeks

|  | Selecting the Weeks option in the Schedules area of the dialog box provides the following options in the Schedule Options area:

|  | Run Every Week — Select this option to run the Schedule on a number of specified days every week. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Run Every — A control that enables a number from 1 to 999 to be selected, representing a period of weeks. Selecting 4 would therefore run the Schedule once every 4 weeks. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Run On Specified Days — For use with both options described above, 7 check boxes are provided which represent each day of the week.

|  | To enable the time of day that the Schedule runs, the Schedule Run Time area provides the following options:

|  | Run Date/Time — A control is provided to enable a time in hours and minutes that the Schedule runs.

|  | In addition, the following controls are provided to enable a time duration to be entered for task runtime:

|  | Start date/time — Two controls are provided to enable the start date and time to be entered.

|  | End date/time — A check box is provided to enable selection of this option if required. Two controls are provided to enable the end date and time to be entered.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are also displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Months

|  | Selecting the Months option in the Schedules area of the dialog box provides the following options in the Schedule Options area:

|  | Run Every Month — Select this option to run the Schedule on a number of specified days every month. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Run Every — A control that enables a number from 1 to 999 to be selected, representing a period of months. Selecting 4 would therefore run the Schedule once every 4 months. The 24 hour time control in the Schedule Run Time area may then be used to specify the exact time for the Schedule to be run.

|  | Specify Months — This option provides check boxes to allow specific months of the year to be selected for inclusion in the schedule.

|  | Run On The — A drop-down list is provided with fixed entries of from 1st to 31st to allow a specific day of the month to be selected.

|  | Run On The — This option provides two drop-down lists with fixed entries as listed below which are combined together to form a specific time of the month.

|  | List 1 — First, Second, Third, Forth, Last.

|  | List 2 — Day, Weekend, Weekend Day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

|  | To enable the time of day that the Schedule runs, the Schedule Run Time area provides the following options:

|  | Run Date/Time — A control is provided to enable a time in hours and minutes that the Schedule runs.

|  | In addition, the following controls are provided to enable a time duration to be entered for task runtime:

|  | Start date/time — Two controls are provided to enable the start date and time to be entered.

|  | End date/time — A check box is provided to enable selection of this option if required. Two controls are provided to enable the end date and time to be entered.

|  | The Last Run Time and Next Run Time dates and times are also displayed at the bottom of the tab.

Continuously

Selecting the Continuously option in the Schedules area of the dialog box locks out all editing options for the currently selected Schedule. The Schedule runs continuously based on the current schedule settings.

NOTE:

The continuous option should be used with care due to its resource requirements. Also, continuous Schedules may still queue if there are other Schedules waiting to run and no thread available to run them.

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