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# Create a scheduled job

# Create a scheduled job {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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Create a scheduled job on the Schedule Job \[sysauto\] table.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Create all new scheduled jobs using this method.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem DefinitionScheduled Jobs.
2. Click New.
3. Select the appropriate type of scheduled job.
   * Automate the generation and distribution of a report
   * Automatically generate something (a change, an incident, a ci, etc) from a template
   * Automatically run a script of your choosing
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## Result

The fields presented depend on the type of scheduled job required.
* **[Automate generation and distribution of a report](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/vY7YFmq9uNAEoWbbc9GyMg)**   
  Generate and distribute scheduled reports via email.
* **[Automatically generate something from a template](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/7QMWi8U_WO_rVdoc4fq62Q)**   
  Schedule the generation of entities, which include changes, incidents, and CIs.
* **[Automatically run a script of your choosing](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/PbKK7kHnh7xZ6F5lXaZBbg)**   
  Schedule both conditional and non-conditional scripts. If Domain Separation is installed in the instance, you can also select, filter, sort, and schedule scripts based on their assigned domains.

**Related tasks**   

* [Personalize the system date format](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/0rvdiecEFcEfaiD9T5ml6g "You can personalize the format in which date values appear in your instance.")
* [Set a system time zone](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/AvnUevJO_DnYTtjcrqjCEg "Set your system time zone with a system property.")
* [View a schedule item](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/SNMLB__jYlq_iaeWSEUoTQ "You can view scheduled items, which are individual instances of a scheduled job, from the system scheduler.")  
**Related reference**   

* [Special cases in job schedules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/QJNnBCxZET5lkhRczS4hsg "Some special cases require care in job scheduling.")

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