Scheduling a monthly object

You can schedule an object so that it runs on a monthly basis, on a certain day of the month or specified day of the week, on every set number of months, on the first Monday of the month, or on the last day of the month. You can also schedule an object with events. For detailed information on applying events, see Scheduling an object with events.

To schedule a monthly object

1. In the Objects management area of the CMC, select an object by clicking its link.
2. Click the Schedule tab.

   The Schedule tab appears.

3. Select the Monthly option.

   The page refreshes.

   

4. In the Run list, select from the following:
   • On the Nth day of the month

     When you select this option, the object will be run once a month, on the day that you select from the "Where N is" list (by default, N equals 15, so objects will be run on the 15th of every month). If you use 31 as your value for N, then the object will run only on months that have 31 days, and skip the months that don't have 31 days. Similarly, if you choose either 29, 30, or 31 for N, the object will skip February (on non-leap years). If you want to run an object on the last day of every month, select "On the last day of the month" in the Run list.

     You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the Nth day of the month, with events

     Choose this option to use the event or events that you have already defined. When you select this option, the object will be run once a month, on the day that you select from the "Where N is" list (by default, N equals 15, so objects will be run on the 15th of every month). If you use 31 as your value for N, then the object will run only on months that have 31 days, and skip the months that don't have 31 days. Similarly, if you choose either 29, 30, or 31 for N, the object will skip February (on non-leap years). If you want to run an object on the last day of every month, select "On the last day of the month, with events" in the Run list.

     You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the Nth X of the month

     When you select this option, the object will be run once a month. You select the day of the week and which week the object will be run. Select a day of the week from the "Where X" list and the particular week of the month from the "Where N" list. By default, objects will be run on Monday (X) of the first (N) week of the month. You also specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the Nth X of the month, with events

     Choose this option to use the event or events that you have already defined. When you select this option, the object will be run once a month. You select the day of the week and which week the object will be run. Select a day of the week from the "Where X" list and the particular week of the month from the "Where N" list. By default, objects will be run on Monday (X) of the first (N) week of the month. You also specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • Every N months

     For this option, an object will be run every set number of months. By default, the "Where N is" field has a value of one, so an object will be run every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • Every N months, with events

     Choose this option to use the event or events that you have already defined. For this option, an object will be run every set number of months. By default, the "Where N is" field has a value of one, so an object will be run every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the first Monday of the month

     When you select this option, an object will be run on the first Monday of every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the first Monday of the month, with events

     Choose this option to use the event or events that you have already defined. When you select this option, an object will be run on the first Monday of every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the last day of the month

     When you select this option, an object will be run on the last day of every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

   • On the last day of the month, with events

     Choose this option to use the event or events that you have already defined. When you select this option, an object will be run on the last day of every month. You specify a start date in the Start Date area and an optional end date for the object in the End Date area. To select a date, you can either enter a date in the date field, or click the Popup Calendar button to select a date from the calendar that appears in a separate window.

5. Regardless of which option you select from the Run list, complete the following fields:
   • Number of retries allowed

     This number indicates the number of times a job server will attempt to process an object if the first attempt is not successful. By default, the number is zero.

   • Retry interval in seconds

     Crystal Enterprise will wait for the specified number of seconds to pass before attempting to process an object again (if the first attempt failed). The default setting is 1800 seconds.

6. Click Schedule to schedule the object.
7. To update the default scheduling information, click Update.

   If you don't click Update, any changes you made to the scheduling information are not saved after this instance.