Scheduling Jobs using Rule-based Calendars

This procedure describes how to schedule Jobs using a Rule-based Calendar (RBC), which enables you to create calendars with Job scheduling that requires specific rules that you cannot create in a regular calendar schedule.

To schedule a Job using a Rule-based Calendar:

1. Select the Job/Folder you want to schedule in the Workspace.

   The Job properties pane appears on the right.

2. Click .

   The Job properties are enabled for definition.

3. Select the Scheduling tab.
4. From the Schedule drop-down list, select Advanced.
5. Click .
6. In the Rule Based Calendar area, from the Use drop-down list you can do one of the following:
   • All parent calendars: Inherits all the RBCs from the direct parent Folder. If an RBC is added to the parent Folder, it is automatically associated with the Job.
   • Select from parent: Only the RBCs selected from the list are associated with the Job. If multiple RBCs are selected, the RBCs are checked sequentially (according to the order in which they are defined for the Folder) during Job scheduling to determine if the criteria are satisfied. The first set of RBC criteria that is satisfied is applied to the Job. Subsequent RBCs specified for the Job are not checked.

     You can view an RBC's scheduling information by clicking on the specific RBC name in the list, and then click . A view of the calendar scheduling criteria is displayed in read-only mode. To exit the RBC calendar view, click Close.

7. In the Exclude field, click and select the RBCs you want to exclude. The RBCs you select are used to set the dates that will not be scheduled (excluded RBCs) in a Job, sub-Folder, and SMART Folder.

   The scheduling of a Job with included RBCs and excluded RBCs is determined by combining the specified days of the included RBCs, combining the specified days of the excluded RBCs, and then removing the set of the excluded RBCs from the set of the included RBCs.

   EXAMPLE: If a Job’s RBC list is {Everyday} and the Job’s excluded RBC list is {Weekends, Holidays}, the resulting schedule is that the Job runs on every day that is not a weekend and not a holiday.

   NOTE: Each Job processing definition can have its own basic scheduling criteria defined, independent of the RBC criteria in the Folder. If the relationship between the scheduling criteria and RBCs is OR, the basic scheduling criteria of the Job or a specified RBC (or both) are satisfied. If the relationship is AND, both the basic scheduling criteria of the Job and a specified RBC are satisfied.