Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form

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    Summary of Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form

    The Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form allows users to create and manage scheduled triggers for insights in the Automation Center. This feature enables the automation of tasks based on predefined schedules, enhancing operational efficiency.

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    Key Features

    • Name: Designate a name for the insight trigger.
    • Active: Toggle to enable or disable the trigger.
    • Application: Specify the application scope, such as Automation Center or RPA Hub.
    • Run: Choose a schedule type: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Periodically, Once, On Demand, or based on a Business Calendar.
    • Day: Select specific days for Weekly or Monthly runs.
    • Repeat Interval: Define the frequency of execution for Periodically set schedules.
    • Time Zone: Specify the time zone for execution, with options for user default, system default, or specific time zones.
    • Time: Enter the exact time of day for the job to run.
    • Starting Date: Set the initial execution date and time for Periodically scheduled jobs.
    • Business Calendar: Use entries from a defined business calendar to dictate start or end dates for scheduled jobs.

    Key Outcomes

    By effectively utilizing the Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form, ServiceNow customers can automate routine tasks, ensure timely execution of jobs, and leverage business calendars for scheduling, leading to improved productivity and resource management.

    Use the Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution form to define the type of insight trigger and map an insight rule to a new scheduled script in Automation Center.

    Table 1. Automation Scheduled Trigger Execution
    Field Description
    Name Name of the insight trigger.
    Active Option for ensuring the use of the insight trigger.
    Application The associated application or the application scope in which the trigger is being created, such as Automation Center or RPA Hub.
    Run
    Time interval to use for running the scheduled job:
    • Daily: Runs daily, at a designated time.
    • Weekly: Runs on a weekly basis, at a designated time and day of the week.
    • Monthly: Runs on a monthly basis, at a designated time and day of the month.
    • Periodically: Runs on a designated repeating interval.
    • Once: Runs for a single occurrence only.
    • On Demand: Runs immediately on demand.
    • Business Calendar: Entry Start: Runs on the starting entry dates for the business calendar that you select in the Business Calendar field. A scheduled job runs for the starting date of each of the business entries that you defined for the business calendar.

      For example, if the business calendar represents a fiscal year, and the starting date of each entry is a fiscal month, the scheduled job runs on the first day of each month.

    • Business Calendar: Entry End: Runs for the ending date for the business calendar that you select in the Business Calendar field. This selection runs in the same manner as Business Calendar: Entry Start, but for the end dates of the associated business calendar entries.
      Note:
      When you select Business Calendar: Entry Start or Business Calendar: Entry End, you can apply an offset factor to schedule the job to run before or after the time span of the selected business calendar. If you select a business calendar and all its business calendar spans are in the past, the job would never run as this is an invalid configuration. To learn more, see the Offset type and Offset fields.

      To learn more about creating and using business calendars and defining business calendar entries, see Creating business calendars andDefine business calendar entries.
    Day
    Day on which the scheduled job should run.
    • If Run is set to Weekly, select the day of the week. For example, select Wednesday.
    • If Run is set to Monthly, select the day of the month. For example, select 25 for the 25th day of the month.
    This field appears only if you select Monthly or Weekly in the Run field.
    Repeat Interval

    This field appears only if you select Periodically in the Run field.

    Duration of the repeat interval for each scheduled job execution. Enter the duration in the number of days, hours, or minutes. 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.
    Time zone
    Time zone to use with the Time field entry when you specify the time at which the scheduled job should run. Select a time zone entry:
    • -None-: Use the default time zone for the logged-in user who is creating the scheduled job.

      For example, the scheduled job runs at 04:45 p.m. US/Pacific time if it is the user's assigned time zone, and you enter 16:45 into the Time field.

    • Use System Time Zone: Use the default system time zone that is specified for the instance in which it runs.

      For example, the scheduled job runs at 10:15 p.m. London time if Europe/London is the default system time zone for the instance, and you enter 22:15 in the Time field.

    • Actual time zone.

      For example, the scheduled job runs at 1:30 p.m. in the US Eastern time zone if you select US/Eastern, and enter 13:30 in the Time field.
    Time Time of day at which the scheduled job should run, expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds on a 24-hour clock. The selection that you make in the Time zone field determines the time zone for this entry.
    Starting Date and time of the first scheduled job generation. Select the calendar date and time. This field appears only if you select Periodically in the Run field.
    Business Calendar

    Business calendar entry that you are using to determine the business calendar start or end date for the scheduled job. This field appears only if you select Business Entry: Start Date or Business Entry: End Date in the Time field.