Schedule creation page field descriptions

Last Updated : Sep 29, 2022 |

Use this page to create a recurring or run once schedule for the selected DNC data source.

Note:

While scheduling data sources, if the data source schedule falls in the shift window with the Daylight Savings time (DST) clock change, the schedule for the data source does not run.

If there are any country specific changes to the existing time zones, such as, addition of new time zones, changes to the Daylight Savings Time (DST) rules, you must delete and re-create a schedule.

For example, Russia has announced some changes to the standard time zones with effect from 26 October 2014. If any of your data import falls in the changed time zones, you must delete and re-create the schedules so that the import jobs continue to run properly.

The time zone field in the schedule is used to specify the schedule start time with respect to the specified time zone. The system converts the schedule start time to the current POM system time and runs the schedule as per the time on the POM server. The POM system scheduler honors the DST of the current POM server and not the time zone mentioned while creating the schedule. The system does not run the scheduled activities if the campaign director process is not running.

Field or Button

Description

Start Date & Time

Date

Click to specify the start date for the scheduled import or type the date manually.

Time

Use the text boxes to enter the start time for the schedule.

Time Zone

Use the drop-down list to specify the time zone for the date and time you specify to run the data source. POM converts the date and time to the POM system date and time after you create the schedule..

Recurrence

Recurring

Use the selection box to create a recurring schedule. Six frequencies are available for recurring schedules.

  • Run Every N Minutes: This option creates a job for the data source every N specified minutes. For example if you specify 15 then it creates jobs every 15 minutes. So if first job starts at 2000 hours then the second starts at 2015 hours and so on until the finish date.

  • Daily: This option creates a job daily at the start time you mention during scheduling and continues until the finish date.

  • Weekdays only: This option creates a job on all days of the week except the weekend days that you mention in the Proactive Outreach > Manager > Configurations > Global Configurations > Weekend days field.

  • Weekly: This option creates jobs on selected days in a week. For example, if you select Wednesday, then the weekly jobs are created on Wednesday at the start time mentioned during schedule and so on until the finish date.

  • Monthly: This option creates the jobs monthly depending on the start date until the finish date.

  • Yearly : This option creates the jobs yearly depending on the start date until the finish date.

The following field is available only if you check the Recurring selection box.

Finish Date

Use to specify the finish date for the schedule. Click the date picker or type the date manually.

Time

Use to specify the finish time for the schedule.

Create

Click to create the schedule.