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Scheduling Tasks

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What is a scheduler?

The Endpoint Central's Scheduler configuration allows you to schedule tasks or programs to run at specific times. With this feature, you can set up automated tasks to run daily, weekly, monthly, and more. For example, you can use the Scheduler configuration to run an antivirus program at the same time every day, without needing manual intervention. This configuration also enables administrators to manage tasks on multiple machines from a central location, by creating, modifying, or deleting tasks as needed.

How to configure a scheduler in Endpoint Central?

  1. In Endpoint Central Console, navigate to Configurations tab --> Add Configurations --> Configurations--> Windows
  2. Select Scheduler and choose Computer.
  3. Specify the name and description for the configuration.

To create/modify a task, follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. In the configure Scheduler criteria, select the create task option to configure a new task and modify task option to alter an existing task.
  2. Provide the name of the task that has to be created/modified
  3. Tick the checkbox if you want to overwrite a task that already exists.
  4. Enter the name of the application or program that has to be run
  5. Provide the arguments to run the program, if there's any

You can also configure the general settings to add more information as mentioned in the table below:

Settings

Criteria to be mentioned

General Settings

Check the enable task option to enable a task

  1. Run as: Select your user name from the domain to run the task
  2. Enter the password
  3. Confirm the password
  4. Tick the following checkboxes as per your preference:
  • Run whether the user is logged in or not
  • Do not store password
  • Run with highest privileges
  • Hide task
  • If the task is not scheduled again, delete it after a specified number of days according to your choice.

Trigger settings
  1. Perform this task at a particular frequency and start time that need to be specified.
  2. Tick the checkbox to synchronize across time zones
  3. Under the advanced settings of trigger, you can enable options to delay a task for a specified number of days, repeat the task every interval for every duration, stop the task if it runs after a specified amount of time and the expiry date

Condition settings
  1. Under Idle conditions, tick the checkbox to start the task if the computer is at least idle for a specified amount of time and wait for idle till a given time period
  2. ick the checkboxes for the given conditions as per your preference:
    • Stop the task if the computer is moved from the idle state
    • Restart if the computer is back to idle state
    1. Under Power management conditions, tick the checkboxes given below as per your preference:
    • Do not start the task if the computer is running on batteries
    • Stop the task if battery mode begins
    • Wake up the computer to run this task
  1. Add more tasks as per your preference
  2. Define the target
  3. Specify retry options if required and deploy the configuration.
  4. You can also enable notifications to receive emails based on the specified frequency.
  5. Click on the Deploy button to create or modify a task in all the target computers.
  6. To save the configuration as draft, click Save as Draft

To delete an existing scheduled task, follow the steps mentioned below:

  • Select Action: Delete task
  • Enter the name of the task
  • Add more tasks if they are necessary
  • Define the target
  • Specify retry options if required and deploy the configuration.
  • You can also enable notifications to receive emails based on the specified frequency.
  • Click on the Deploy button to delete a scheduled task in all the target computers.
  • To save the configuration as draft, click Save as Draft

You have successfully learnt to schedule programs and tasks using the Scheduler configuration