Create a scheduled job

Create a scheduled job on the Schedule Job [sysauto] table.

Before you begin

Role required: system_scheduler_admin

About this task

Create all new scheduled jobs using this method.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > System Definition > Scheduled Jobs.

2. Click New.

3. Select the appropriate type of scheduled job.

   • Automate the generation and distribution of a report

   • Automatically generate something (a change, an incident, a ci, etc) from a template

   • Automatically run a script of your choosing

Result

The fields presented depend on the type of scheduled job required.

• Automate generation and distribution of a report
  Generate and distribute scheduled reports via email.

• Automatically generate something from a template
  Schedule the generation of entities, which include changes, incidents, and CIs.

• Automatically run a script of your choosing
  Schedule both conditional and non-conditional scripts. If Domain Separation is installed in the instance, you can also select, filter, sort, and schedule scripts based on their assigned domains.

• Enable run types for scheduled job child tables
  The run types; Day and Month in Year, Day in Week in Month in Year, and Week in Month, require the fields; Day, Month, and Year to be visible. Child tables which don’t display those fields can’t create jobs with that run type selected.

Parent Topic:Scheduled jobs

Related topics

Advanced options for scheduled jobs

Personalize the system date format

Set a system time zone

Special cases in job schedules

View a schedule item