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Orchestrate Next Gen

Schedule Playbooks

You can schedule a playbook to run on a once, daily, weekly, or monthly schedule using the date and time picker. You can also use cron expressions to schedule a Playbook.

For example, you can schedule a playbook to run every Monday at 10:00 AM for an entire year.

You can use the 15 10 * * * cron expression to run a playbook at 10:15 AM every day.

Before you Start

Ensure that your user group has the Create/Update Playbooks permission.

Steps

To schedule a Playbook, follow these steps:

  1. Click Main Menu, and select Playbooks > Manage Playbooks.

  2. Go to a playbook, and click Edit > Playbook Details.

  3. Enable the Schedule Playbook toggle and select the Timezone. The default time zone is your profile time zone. You can select a different time zone from the dropdown.

  4. You can run a playbook automatically using one of the following schedules.

    Note

    Your profile timezone automatically applies to once, daily, weekly, and monthly schedules. For cron schedules, the default time zone is your profile time zone. You can select a different time zone from the dropdown.

    • Once: Schedule a playbook to run only once based on the specified Date and Time.

    • Set Interval: Schedule a playbook to run at a specific interval, you can choose from the following options: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

      • Daily: Select this option to schedule the playbook to run every day.

      • Weekly: Select this option to schedule the playbook to run on specific days of the week. Specify the days on which the playbook should execute.

      • Monthly: Schedule playbooks to run on specific days of the month.

      • Execution Date & Time: Specify the date and time for the recurring execution of the playbook.

      • Ends: Select the end time for the playbook run using one of the following options: Never, On (a specific date), or After (a specified number of occurrences).

    • Cron: Schedule a Playbook using cron expressions with the following fields.

      • Expression: Enter a cron expression to run a playbook. For more information on cron expressions, see Working with Cron Expressions.Working with Cron Expressions

      • Ends: Select the end time for the playbook run using one of the options, such as Never, On (specific date), and After (number of occurrences).

  5. Configure the other Playbook Details and click Save. The playbook will run automatically on the configured schedule. You can go to the playbooks listing page and hover over the playbook to view the next scheduled time for a run.