Customizing job schedule

This article describes how to customize job schedules in Cayosoft Guardian. The job schedule must be set in order to make the job run once or periodically.

Change schedule

To modify the schedule:

1. Open Cayosoft GuardianWeb Portal.
2. Expand the Configuration node.
3. Select the Jobs node.
4. Find and select a job, press Properties.
5. Depending on job type open Settings or General tab to find the Schedule setting.
6. Click the value to change.
7. Select one of the predefined options or press Remove to clear the schedule.

Using CRON expressions in the schedule

A CRON expression can be used to customize a schedule.

Use the Customizing job schedule instruction to access the schedule, and then select the Custom option to enter a CRON Expression value. A valid CRON expression in Cayosoft Guardian consists of five groups divided by a space symbol.

Description of each group in CRON expression

Value number in a CRON expression like 1 2 3 4 5	Group name	Allowed values	Allowed special characters
1	Minutes	0-59	, - * /
2	Hours	0-23	, - * /
3	Day of the month	1-31	, - * / ? L W
4	Month	1-12	, - * /
5	Day of the Week	1-7	, - * / L #

Expressions examples

Number	Expression	DE
1	*/15 * * * *	Every 15th minute
2	0 */6 * * *	Every sixth hour
3	0 8 * * *	Every day at 8:00
4	0 0 1 * *	At 00:00 on the first day of the month.
5	1 9-17 * * *	At the first minute of every hour from 9 through 17.