Scheduling administrative tasks > Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting a schedule
 
Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting a schedule
Note  The following information is for server administrators and group administrators.
To create a scheduled task:
1. Click Schedules.
2. Click Schedule menu in Admin Console, then choose Create a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant.
3. Select the task you want, then click Next. See Selecting a task.
4. Specify the schedule details, then click Next to continue. The schedule details are different depending on the type you selected. See Selecting schedule details.
5. Click Finish in the Schedule assistant to save changes to the schedule.
6. Select Enabled next to the schedule to set it to run, if you did not enable it in Options.
Sometimes it is easier to duplicate and edit an existing schedule rather than define a new schedule.
To duplicate an existing schedule:
1. Click Schedules, then choose a schedule from the list.
2. Click Schedule menu in Admin Console, then choose Duplicate a Schedule.
The selected schedule is copied with the following name: <schedule name> Copy.
Tip  You can rename the schedule in the Schedule assistant. Click Schedule menu in Admin Console, then choose Edit a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant and change the schedule name in Options.
To edit a schedule:
1. Click Schedules, then choose a schedule from the list.
2. Click Schedule menu in Admin Console, then choose Edit a Schedule to open the Schedule assistant.
3. Make changes to each page that you want, and click Next.
4. Click Finish in the Schedule assistant to save changes.
5. If necessary, select Enabled next to the schedule so that it will run.
To delete a schedule:
1. Click Schedules.
2. Choose one or more schedules from the list.
3. Click Schedule menu in Admin Console, then choose Delete Selected Schedules.
Note  If you are a group administrator, your server administrator must configure your administrator group to allow you to create, edit, duplicate, and delete schedules for the databases in your group folder. For more information, contact your server administrator.
Related topics 
Running FileMaker scripts
Running system-level script files
Creating Script Sequence tasks
Enabling and disabling schedules
Running a schedule manually
Scheduling administrative tasks