Create Scheduled Tasks

You can create a Scheduled Task after you have created a pipeline in SnapLogic Designer. When you create a Scheduled Task in Designer, the pipeline is pre-selected when you open the Create Task dialog window. You also have the option to create a Task in Manager. When you create a Scheduled Task in Manager, you must select a pipeline to associate with the Scheduled Task. You can choose from a variety of scheduling options to schedule executions of that pipeline. If you create the Scheduled Task with the default scheduling settings intact, the pipeline is scheduled to execute five minutes from the time you open the dialog window.

Known Issues

  • When creating a Task and selecting the America/Mexico City time zone, the task runtime is off by one hour. Since Mexico City no longer observes daylight savings, the current implementation of CDT (aligned with CST) might assume that Mexico City changed time zones as it did in the past.

    Workaround: Upgrade your Snaplex to a JDK 11.0.18+ version.

  • The end time of the Scheduled Task, when selected under Date/Time, can erroneously be set earlier than the Start time.
  1. Open the Create Task dialog using one of the following methods:
    • In Designer, click the toolbar Create Task button, select Task > Scheduled Task.Create Scheduled Task
    • In Manager, navigate to the target Project, click the add icon ( )to display the dropdown menu, and then select Task > Scheduled Task.

      Create Task in Manager

  2. In the Create Task dialog, make the following required options:
    • Name: Enter a name for the scheduled Pipeline Task. This name is used in the URL when the Pipeline has unconnected inputs/outputs.
      Note: The names of assets, projects, or project spaces are limited to UTF-8 alphanumeric characters and these special characters: !"$%&'()*+-.:;<=>@[]^_`{|}~.
    • Pipeline: Select the pipeline associated with the Scheduled Task from the pipeline dropdown menu. This pipeline is triggered when the Scheduled Task is activated.
    • Snaplex: Select the Snaplex on which to run the pipeline from the Snaplex dropdown menu.

    Create Task Settings

  3. Configure the schedule for this Task.
    1. Enter a Start Day/Time, and edit the Time Zone setting if required. Proceed to Step 4 if this Scheduled Task is a one-time execution.
    2. Select the Repeat Execute the pipeline on a regular schedule box to view the scheduling options for specifying how often the associated pipeline should be run.
  4. If applicable, modify the Configuration Options in the dialog window, and click Save.