Create your first schedule

In this guide, you create a schedule that syncs your devices automatically, and you confirm that it runs.

A schedule runs one or more jobs at a set interval. A device job runs the same tasks as a manual sync, on the devices that you select.

Before you begin

• You have added at least one device.
• A manual sync of that device succeeded. See Sync data from your devices. If a manual sync fails, a scheduled sync of the same device also fails.

Create the schedule

1. In the portal, go to Inventory > Schedules.
2. Select New Schedule.
3. Enter a Name for the schedule.
4. In Day(s), select the days to run the schedule. All days are selected by default.
5. In Interval, select how often to run the schedule: Daily, or every 2m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 4h, or 8h.
6. If the interval is Daily, set the Time. The default is 00:00.
7. Select the Timezone.

Add a job

Each schedule has one or more jobs. The form starts with Job #1.

1. In Kind, select Device.
2. In Task(s), select the tasks to run, for example Sync Interfaces and Run Health Check.
3. Select the devices for the job. To include a group of devices, select one or more tags.
4. To run different tasks on other devices, select + Job and repeat these steps.
5. Select Save.

Check that it worked

1. Go to Inventory > Schedules and open the schedule.
2. Make sure Enabled is on.
3. To test the schedule now, select Run.
4. Open one of the devices in the job and go to its Schedules tab. Make sure the jobs and tasks show there.

Troubleshooting

If the schedule runs but a device has no new data, do a manual sync of that device and read the log. The log shows which task failed and why.