Scheduling data flows

In cases where the source endpoint is File System, FTP or SFTP, you can schedule a data flow to run automatically. You can specify multiple schedules for a data flow. All schedules you set up are recurring.

  1. Go to the Data Flow edit page and click Add Schedule.

    The Schedule dialog box displays.

  2. Select a time zone. All the schedules you add will be relative to the time zone you select.
  3. Select an interval type – Minutes, Hourly, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
    • For Minutes, choose an interval in minutes and a starting point in seconds for each interval.
    • For Hourly, choose an interval in hours and a starting point in minutes and seconds for each interval.
    • For Daily, choose either an interval in days and a starting pointing in hours, minutes and seconds, or choose to run at every working day and specify a starting time.
    • For Weekly, select the days on which you want the data flow to run and specify a starting time.
    • For Monthly, select either of the following:
      • A numerical day of the month (for example, the 15th of the month), an interval in months (for example, every 3 months), and a starting time. Should the day of the month fall on a non-working day, you can specify that the data flow should run on the weekday that falls closest to the scheduled start time.
      • A day of the week and its order (for example, the second Tuesday of the month), an interval in months (for example, every 3 months), and a starting time.
  4. Click Advanced to specify a schedule using Quartz Cron notation.