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Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Triggers > Time Triggers. The Time Triggers list displays. |
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Step 2 | Enter/select Details for a new Time trigger, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 3 | Clicka Save button Click a button. The trigger is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Trigger Details are enabled. |
Step 4 | Enable the trigger(s) as desired. |
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Therefore, for scheduling time intervals by which the 24-hour clock is not evenly divisible, it is recommended that instead you use a Cron trigger.
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However, if you want a task to be triggered every 7 hours from Monday to Friday and only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., a Time trigger will check the time on Monday at 12 a.m., 7 a.m., 2 p.m., and 9 p.m., but only will trigger the task at 2 p.m. (the only 7-hour interval time between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.). On Monday at 9 p.m., it will continue checking the time every 7 hours, beginning on Tuesday at 4 a.m., and will trigger the task on Tuesday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. (both of which are 7-hour interval times between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.).
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