Schedule Trigger Properties

On the Options page you specify clock change and time zone options for this trigger.

System Clock Changes

These settings determine what adTempus will do if changes to the computer's clock affect scheduled execution times for the job.

Rerun if clock is set back

If this option is checked, the job will continue to run at its regular schedule even if the clock is set back so that executions are repeated. If the option is not checked, any "repeated" times will be ignored.

For example, your job is scheduled to run at 1:30 every morning. At 1:32 am on 21 August 2002, just after the job has run, the system clock is set back to 1:29 am when the clock is synchronized with a master clock. If the Rerun... option is checked, the job will be run when the clock reaches 1:30 again. If the option is not checked, the job will not be run again until 1:30 the next day.

Guidance: If your job is only meant to run once a day, you will want to leave this option unchecked (the default setting). If, however, your job is meant to run at regular intervals (e.g., to transfer data every 5 minutes), you will probably want to check the option so that the job continues to execute regularly even when the clock is set back by an hour for daylight saving time.

Run once if clock is set forward so that one or more scheduled executions are missed

If this option is checked, adTempus will run the job once if a time change causes a regular execution to be missed. If the option is not checked, executions may be missed as a result of the time change.

For example, your job is scheduled to run at 2:30 every morning. At 2:00 one morning the system clock is set forward to 3:00 am due to daylight saving time. If the Run once... option is checked, adTempus will run the job when the time change is detected to make up for the missed time. If the option is not checked, the execution will be missed.

adTempus will only execute the job once, regardless of the number of executions that are missed. For example, even if your job runs every minute and the clock has been set forward by a full hour, adTempus will run the job once, not 60 times.

Guidance: If your job only runs once a day (or less frequently) you will want to check this option (the default setting) to ensure that the job gets run. If, however, the job runs frequently (e.g., once an hour) you may want to uncheck this option, as missing one execution is not likely to be significant.

Time Zone

The time zone setting determines which time zone adTempus should evaluate this trigger in.

Local time zone on the computer where the job is triggered

The trigger will be evaluated in the time zone of the where the job is triggered. That is, if the job is scheduled to run at 11:30 am, it will run at 11:30 am local time on the computer triggering the job.

Note: If this job is in a Distributed Scheduling queue, this option causes adTempus to use the time zone of the Master computer for Slave and Load Balance queues (because the Master triggers the job for these configurations). For Mirror queues, the time zone of the Agent that runs the job will be used.

A specific time zone

The trigger will be evaluated in the specified time zone. For example, if the job is scheduled to run at 11:30 am and you select the Pacific time zone, the job will run at 11:30 am Pacific time. If the server running adTempus is located in the Eastern time zone, the job will execute at 2:30 pm local (Eastern) time.

The time zone of the Master with which the Agent is associated

This option is only available if you are configuring the job on a Distributed Scheduling Master computer. When this option is selected, the time zone of the Master will be used to evaluate the scheduled times, even for Mirrored jobs.