Flexible scheduling of Jobs and Monitors

Typical Security Validation workflows involve scheduling Actions, Evaluations, Sequences, Bulk Jobs, and Monitors. If you need more granular scheduling for your security contents, use the two options, Weeks and Months, on the Select Actors page. The following sections describe how to set up the flexible scheduling for Security Validation.

Enable Repeat

When setting up Actions, Evaluations, Sequences, Bulk Jobs, or Monitors, select the Repeat Job checkbox on the Select Actors page. To navigate to the Select Actors page, see Repeating Jobs and Running Bulk Actions for more details. Selecting this Repeat Job checkbox expands the repeating options. 

Choose the Repeat Interval

For Weekly Repeating

1. Select the Weeks option to set up a repeating schedule on a weekly basis.
2. Type a number for the required field Every. A 1 indicates every week, 2 indicates alternate weeks, and so on.
3. Choose the specific weekdays (for example, S for Sunday, M for Monday) on which you want the task to be repeated. You can choose one or more weekdays.
   For example, if you select S and M, the Job repeats on Sunday and Monday of specified weeks.

   Weekly Repeating Schedule

4. Include the Number of Times to repeat. Enter a number for the required field Times. A 1 indicates once, 2 indicates twice, and so on.

For Monthly Repeating

1. Select the Months option to set up a repeating schedule on a monthly basis.
2. Type a number for the required field Every. A 1 indicates every month, 2 indicates alternate months, and so on.
3. Specify the frequency (for example, First, Second, and Last) and the day of the week (for example, Sunday, Monday) for the repeating criteria.
4. Include the Number of Times to repeat. Enter a number for the required field Times. A 1 indicates once, 2 indicates twice, and so on.
   For example, if you choose First Sunday, the Job repeats on the first Sunday of specified months.

   Monthly Repeating Schedule

The following screenshot shows the repeating options for Monitors:

Monitor Repeating Schedule

How to Use

For Single Actions

1. Select Library > Actions.
2. Schedule an Action
   1. Open an Action.
   2. Select Run.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.
3. Schedule AEDA Monitor for an Action
   1. Open an Action.
   2. Select +Monitor.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.

For Evaluations

1. Select Library > Evaluations.
2. Schedule an Evaluation
   1. Open an Evaluation.
   2. Select Run.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.
3. Schedule AEDA Monitor for an Evaluation
   1. Open an Evaluation.
   2. Select +Monitor.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.
4. Schedule Bulk Job for an Evaluation
   1. Open an Evaluation.
   2. Select Bulk.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.

For Sequences

1. Select Library > Sequences.
2. Schedule a Sequence
   1. Open a Sequence.
   2. Select Run .
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.
3. Schedule AEDA Monitor for a Sequence
   1. Open a Sequence.
   2. Select +Monitor.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.
4. Schedule Bulk Job for a Sequence
   1. Open a Sequence.
   2. Select Bulk.
   3. Select the Repeat Job checkbox.
   4. Select Weeks or Months to try the repeating feature.

Check Repeating Jobs

For a quick overview of all scheduled repeating Jobs:

• Select Jobs > Repeating or Jobs > Scheduled for Single Actions, Evaluations, Sequences, and Bulk Jobs.

You can edit these Jobs by selecting  edit beside the Job which needs to be updated.

Check Repeating Monitors 

For a quick overview of all scheduled repeating Monitors: 

• Select AEDA > Configuration to check repeating schedules associated with Monitors.

You can edit these Monitors by selecting  edit beside the Monitor which needs to be updated.