9.1 Creating a Scheduled Collection

You can schedule collections to run at regular intervals. For example, if you want to collect data from Workforce and SAP identity sources every week, specify the start and end dates for the collection and how often it repeats. Alternatively, you can specify a custom string to run the scheduled collection on a specific set of dates.

  1. Log in as a Customer, Global or Data Administrator.

  2. Under Data Sources, select Schedules.

  3. (Conditional) When adding a new scheduled collection, complete the following steps:

    1. Select + to create a new schedule.

    2. Specify a name and description.

    3. Specify the identity and application sources for collection.

      NOTE:You cannot schedule collection for applications without collectors.

  4. (Conditional) To modify an existing scheduled collection, select its name.

  5. (Optional) To customize the interval for running the collection, complete the following steps:

    1. For Repeat, select an interval or specify custom.

      IMPORTANT:If using the hourly interval, specify at least 24 hours between collections to avoid errors when a new collection starts before a previous one completes.

    2. Specify values for the starting and ending dates and the time zone.

    3. For Custom, use the following syntax to indicate the collection time:

                      second minute hour day_of_month month year

      For example, 0 20 10 ? * *. For more information about specifying the parameter values, see Section 9.3, Understanding the Cron Expression for a Custom Interval of Collection.

  6. (Conditional) To see a list of the first 10 scheduled runs, select Preview.

  7. To ensure that the schedule runs, select Active.

  8. Save the schedule.