Automatically generate something from a template

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
  • 5 minutes to read

    • Schedule the generation of entities, which include changes, incidents, and CIs.

    Before you begin

    Roles required: template_scheduler

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to Scheduled Entity Generations [sysauto_template] table.
    2. Click New.
    3. Populate the following fields:
      Table 1. Schedule entity generation
      Field Description
      Name Name that identifies this scheduled job.
      Active Option that indicates that scheduled job is active and should be executed at the specified date and time.
      Application Name of the application that contains the entity. Global appears if the entity is in the global scope.
      Conditional Option for enabling the running of the scheduled job if certain conditions are met in the associated script.
      Condition Conditional script that determines if a scheduled job should run. The last expression of the script should evaluate to a Boolean (true/false) value. This text box appears only if you select Use conditions.
      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.
      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.
      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.
      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
      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.
      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.
      Offset type
      Type of time offset, if any, to apply to the business calendar that you selected for scheduling this job:
      • Past: Apply an offset factor to schedule the job to run before the start of the time span of the selected business calendar.
      • Future: Apply an offset factor to schedule the job to run after the end of the time span of the selected business calendar.
      • --None--: Do not apply a time offset when scheduling this job.
      Adding an offset factor enables you to schedule the job to run before, or after, the formal time span that is defined in the business calendar for the following use cases:
      Offset
      Amount of time offset, expressed in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, to apply to the business calendar that you selected for scheduling this job. For example, if you want to schedule the job to start three days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, and 45 seconds before the business calendar start date, do the following actions:
      • Select Past in the Offset type field.
      • Enter 3 in the Days field.
      • Enter 14, 10, and 45 in the Hours field.
      The Offset Days and Hours fields appear only if you select Business Calendar: Entry Start or Business Calendar: Entry End in the Run field, and Past or Future in the Offset type field.
      Generate this Reference to the template record from which you are generating a scheduled job.