An action can be regularly performed at a preset time interval instead of being triggered by a specific event. For example, you can make the PXE report the reading or state of a specific environmental sensor regularly by scheduling the "Send Sensor Report" action.
When scheduling an action, make sure you have a minimum of 1-minute buffer time between this action's execution time and creation time. Otherwise, the scheduled action will NOT be performed at the specified time if the buffer time is too short. For example, if you want an action to be performed at 11:00 am, you should finish scheduling this action at 10:59 am or earlier.
Note: It may be meaningless to schedule certain actions like "Log event message" or "Syslog message" so consider about the usability when scheduling an action.
Time options |
Frequency settings |
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Minutes |
The frequency in minutes ranges from every minute, every 5 minutes, every 10 minutes and so on until every 30 minutes. |
Hourly |
The hourly option sets the frequency to either of the following:
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Daily |
You need to specify the time for this daily option. For example, if you specify 13:30 in the Time field, the action is performed at 13:30 every day. |
Weekly |
Both the day and time must be specified for the weekly option. Days range from Sunday to Monday. |
Monthly |
Both the date and time must be specified for the monthly option. The dates range from 1 to 31, and the time is specified in 24-hour format. Note that NOT every month has the date 31, and February in particular does not have the date 30 and probably even 29. Check the calendar when selecting 29, 30 or 31. |
Yearly |
This option requires three settings:
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