Scheduling - How To

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Create a Schedule

Remove a Schedule

Modify a Schedule

Enable or Disable All Scheduled Tasks

Run a Scheduled Task On Demand

Define the Mail Server

Define the Port for the SMTP Server

Defining the Sender's Address

Create a Schedule

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a schedule:

1. From the CommNet tree, click the appropriate CommNet Summary, CommCell Summary, Client Summary, or report, and then click Schedule or the icon.
2. In the Task dialog box:
   • Type the name of the schedule and enter a description.
   • Enable or disable the schedule.
   • Review the task summary information. If the task is a report schedule and it needs to be modified, click Modify Task, and then modify the options, as necessary.
   • Click Next.
3. In the Schedule Pattern dialog box:
   • Select the time zone, interval, and start date and start time of the schedule.
   • Determine If the schedule should be repeated and at which interval(s).
   • Click Next.
4. In the Output dialog box:
   • Select the file format.
   • Determine if the task is to be saved to a file.
   • Determine if the task should be sent as an email attachment to a user or user group. If the task is to be sent as an email attachment, make sure that a valid Mail Server, Sender's Address, and SMTP port number is specified on the CommNet Properties dialog box.
5. Click Finish. The schedule is now created.

Remove a Schedule

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To remove a schedule:

1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the Schedules node, click either All Schedules or My Schedules, select a schedule from the All Schedules or My Schedules window, and then click Remove.
2. Click Yes from the confirmation window. The schedule is now removed.

Modify a Schedule

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify a schedule:

1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the Schedules node, click either All Schedules or My Schedules, select a schedule from the All Schedules or My Schedules window, and then click Modify.
2. Follow the prompts from the Modify Schedule Wizard.
3. Click Finish. The schedule is now modified.

Enable or Disable All Scheduled Tasks

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable all schedule tasks:

From the CommNet tree, right-click the Schedules node, click All Schedules, and from the All Schedules window select the Scheduler Activity Enabled or the Scheduler Activity Disabled field. All scheduled tasks within the CommNet domain are now enabled or disabled.

Run a Scheduled Task on Demand

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To run a schedule tasks immediately:

From the CommNet tree, right-click the Schedules node, click either All Schedules or My Schedules, select a schedule from the All Schedules or My Schedules window, and then click Run Now. The scheduled task is run.

Define the Mail Server

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To define the Mail Server that is used to send alerts and scheduled tasks:

1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the CommNet Server node, and then click Properties.
2. From the CommNet Properties dialog box, enter the new mail server in the Mail Server box.
3. Click OK.

Define the Port for the SMTP Server

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To define the port at which the alert subsystem connects to the SMTP server:

1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the CommNet Server node, and then click Properties.
2. From the CommNet Properties dialog box, select an SMTP port from the SMTP Port box.
3. Click OK.

Define the Sender's Address

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To define the Sender's Address of all mail messages sent from the CommNet Server:

1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the CommNet Server node, and then click Properties.
2. From the CommNet Properties dialog box, enter the new sender's address in the Sender's Address box.
3. Click OK.

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