What is the difference schedule item's trigger types between interval and repeat.

[Ryosuke Sugisaw]

What is the difference schedule item's trigger types between interval and repeat.

Thank you.

[Boyan1]

Hello, 

Please check the definitions below:

If trigger type 'Interval' - it will trigger once, during the repeat value you have set

If Trigger type is repeat , that means the job will be executed repeatedly in an interaval you mention in the 'repeat' field.

For further reference, please check:

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/madrid-service-management-for-the-enterprise/page/product/service...

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Boyan

[Community Alums]

Hi @Ryosuke Sugisaw 

I am sure you figured out the difference by now though for people referring this thread might be this response will help to clarify doubt and help in understanding 

The Interval trigger type runs a job once, while the Repeat trigger type runs a job repeatedly at a specified interval. The interval can be set in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or milliseconds.

Repeat Interval: It's a duration of the repeat interval for each scheduled job execute.

1. Repeat: The job runs repeatedly at the specified interval. A scheduled job's trigger type can be set to repeat to execute the job repeatedly at an interval specified in the repeat field. The scheduled job form also includes fields for the name of the job, job ID, state of the scheduler job, and time interval details.
   Along with this if you check further, you see choice table have different value for 'Repeat' as 1 and for 'Interval as '10' that stands for English description for this choice.
2. Interval:  The job runs once after the set repeat value. the "Interval" trigger type for a scheduled job executes once during a specified repeat value. To specify the repeat interval, you can enter the number of days, hours, or minutes. For example, to run a job every four days, enter 04 in the Days field.Interval has choice value updated as '10' for English description for this choice.

 For example:

• To run the scheduled job every four days, enter 04 in the Days field.
• To run it every 26 hours, enter 26 in the Hours field.
• If it should repeat at an interval of 13:30:25, enter 13 in the Hours field, and then enter 30 and 25 in the two unlabeled fields after it.
  
  Docs: Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form
  

Hope this helps to have better understanding.

Thanks!