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Schedule a Job

With Alteryx Analytics Cloud (AAC), you can define scheduled executions of your jobs to deliver outputs to known locations. You can schedule execution of jobs on source data, which can be replenished with fresh data asynchronously.

Note

Before you begin, you should verify that your data management pipeline into and out of the platform has been appropriately defined. This pipeline includes how data is written to the output location. For more information, see Overview of Scheduling.

When you schedule a job, you create two objects:

Note

You must create both of these objects to schedule a job execution.

Object

Description

Schedule

A schedule applies to the entire asset. It contains one or more intervals at which jobs are executed to deliver outputs include a scheduled destination.

Scheduled destination

A scheduled destination is an output location, format, and other settings that is populated with the results of execution.

Add a Schedule

Steps:

  1. Click Schedules in AAC.

  2. From the context menu, select Schedule.

  3. In the Add Schedule dialog, select your scheduling options:

    1. Timezone: Select the timezone to use to determine when to execute the specified schedule.

    2. Frequency: Select the time and frequency of execution: Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or cron.

      Note

      Scheduling supports a modified version of cron scheduling syntax. For more information, see cron Schedule Syntax Reference.

    3. To add another scheduled time, click Add.

  4. To save your schedule, click Save.

Schedule a Destination

Steps:

  1. To specify a destination for your schedule, click the asset you wish to execute at the scheduled time. If you have not done so already, create an output for it.

  2. In the right panel, locate the Scheduled destinations header. Click Add.

  3. Specify an output location, format, and updating method.

  4. Click Save.

Edit Schedule

  • To edit the scheduled times, click the Calendar icon. Then, click Edit. Make changes as needed and save.

Disable Schedule

  • To disable a schedule you control, locate the schedule in the Schedules page. From the schedule's context menu, click Disable.

  • Administrators can disable any schedule in the Schedules page.

Delete

Delete a schedule

Locate the schedule in the Schedules page. From the schedule's context menu, click Delete.

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