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Scheduler

Boltic has a robust Scheduler that runs a scheduled bolt automatically at pre-defined time intervals. You can schedule a bolt to run it - Hourly, Daily, Monthly, Weekly, a Specific Date. Let us see how to schedule a bolt-

Note

You can not add a scheduler if the destination type is 'Files' i.e. CSV, JSON, Excel.

Steps to Schedule a Bolt​

Step 1: Add a Schedule​

  • Hover your mouse to the right side of the bolt creation page, click on the Schedule icon, and then Add a Schedule
Add Schedule

Step 2: Schedule Frequency​

  • When you click on the Add a Schedule button, the Added Scheduler dialogue box gets displayed
Frequency
  • Select the frequency at which you want to load the data to a destination and enter values for the other fields.

The following are the schedules that the Scheduler supports:

Schedule Type
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Specific Date

Hourly

Hourly schedule sinks data to a destination according to a time which is based on the value that you set in Repeat Every field

Hourly Schedule

Daily

Daily Schedule sinks data to destination every n hour and minutes.

Daily Schedule

Weekly

Weekly schedule sinks data to a destination on a particular day or days of the week. Required to select the day or days, and time in hours and minutes.

Weekly Schedule

Monthly

The Monthly schedule sinks data to a destination as per the defined day of the month, hour and minutes.

Monthly Schedule

Specific Date

Unlike recurring schedules, the Specific Date schedule allows you to define a specific date for sinking data to a destination. Required to select the date, hour and minutes.

Specific Date Schedule

Advanced Options

For Hourly, Daily, and Monthly schedules you can avail of the following advanced options-

  • Start Date - The date that a particular schedule has to start executing

  • End Date - The date that the schedule must stop executing NB - When a schedule has no end date specified, it runs indefinitely

Step 3: Save Schedule​

Save Schedule

Click the Save Schedule button to save the Schedule. To add the schedule successfully make sure you save the bolt as well.

Add Multiple Schedule​

Click on the Add New to run the same bolt for a different time. For example, if you want to run the data to a destination once every Sunday but at a different time, you can set more than one schedule at the same time.

Note

Boltic's Scheduler doesn't support time zone settings. It always supports Asia/Kolkata.

Publish Bolt​

Click the Publish button to save the Bolt journey

Publish Bolt

Any Question? 🤓​

We are always an email away to help you resolve your queries. If you need any help, write to us at - 📧 support@boltic.io