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Scheduler Task

A task is comprised of all the settings required for automatically running one or more profiles.

• Startup Mode
• Startup Mode - Time/Date Settings
• Profiles
• Task Start
• Task Running
• Task End
• Run Period
• E-Mail

Startup Mode

The Startup Mode enables you to start a task based on a time schedule or triggered by an event. The following Startup Modes are available:

• Once
• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Interval
• Windows Start
• Windows Exit
• Link
• Monitoring
• Scheduler Activation
• Screen Saver
• System Idle
• System Wake-Up
• Monitor Standby

Startup Mode	Description
Once	The task is run once at a specified date and time.
Daily	The task is run every day at a specified time.
Weekly	The task is run at a specified time on various days of the week. Additionally, you can also specify at which calendar weeks the task can be started.
Monthly	The task is run at a specified time on various days of the month. Additionally, you can also specify at which months the task can be started.
Interval	The task is run on various days of the week at regular intervals starting at the time specified and continuing until a specified end time. Additionally, you can also specify at which days of the week the task can be started.
Windows Start	This startup mode causes the task to be started when the user logs on to Windows. Don't forget to activate the general AllSync Scheduler option Automatically start and activate AllSync Scheduler when starting Windows. You can suspend starting the task by keeping the CTRL key pressed when starting AllSync Scheduler. Run only once a day This option forces to run the task only once a day. Notes pertaining to AllSync Scheduler Service When using AllSync Scheduler Service the task is started when starting Windows. No user logon to Windows is required. Use the Tolerance option to specify the maximum start time of your Windows system. The task is not started unless AllSync Scheduler Service is started within the specified tolerance period.
Windows Exit	This startup mode enables a task to be started when performing the following actions: Log off user Restart / shut down Windows At the scheduler options you can define what rules will be performed for every action. Notes This startup mode has no effect when AllSync Scheduler is started as a service. You can suspend starting the task by keeping the CTRL key pressed when shutting the Windows session down. When running a task the Windows shutdown dialog is displayed after a while; it can normally be ignored. If the task execution takes too long and Windows doesn't shut down automatically after the task is finished, activate the option Increase waiting time until the Windows shutdown dialog is displayed.
Link	This startup mode causes a check to be conducted to determine whether a link has been newly established to the specified data source and whether the task has been successfully started. The data source is detected anew if it wasn't yet present during the previous check.
Monitoring	This startup mode enables you to monitor up to two folders for changes. The task will be started when the specified number of changes has been reached. The following changes can be detected when monitoring the folders: Renaming, creation and deletion of files Renaming, creation and deletion of folders Attributes of files and folders File size File modified date Access permissions of files and folders Monitoring for changes can be optionally activated for all subfolders of the two folders. Monitoring can also be stopped when starting a task and then resumed after the task completes. Interval The Interval property enables you to specify that a pause of a minimum length is to be adhered to upon the conclusion of a task until the task can be restarted. Time Period between the Folder Accessible Checks When activating the scheduler the specified folders will be checked for accessibility. If a folder is not available the next check will be performed after the specified time period until the folder is accessible. Network Notes In order for a folder to be monitored in the network, the user of AllSync Scheduler must be a member of the Backup Operators group. See Computer Management – System Tools – Local Users and Groups – Groups – Backup Operators – Add to Group. Monitored Changes Here you get an overview of how many changes are registered for various file and folder actions in the monitored folder: Create new file (1) Rename file (1) Change file attributes (1) Change and save file contents with Notepad (1) Change and save file contents with Wordpad (2) Change and save file contents with Microsoft Word (2) Open file with Microsoft Word (2) Copy file to monitored folder (2) Move file to monitored folder (2) Create new folder (1) Rename folder (1) Change folder attributes (1) Copy empty folder to monitored folder (2) Move empty folder to monitored folder (2) Copy folder with 4 files to the monitored folder (2) Move folder with 4 files to monitored folder (2) The number of registered changes for each action are shown in brackets. The file and folder actions in our tests were performed via Windows Explorer.
Scheduler Activation	With this Startup Mode the task will be started when the Scheduler becomes activated.
Screen Saver	With this Startup Mode the task will be started after the screen saver shows up. This start type has no function if the scheduler is started as a service. Additionally, you can specify to cancel the task after the screen saver was stopped.
System Idle	With this start type, the idle time of the currently logged-in user is determined and the task is started after a specified idle time. This start type has no function if the scheduler is started as a service. With the Interval property you can specify the idle time after which the task should be started.
System Wake-Up	With this Startup Mode the task will be started after the computer wakes up from the Standby mode or hibernation.
Monitor Standby	With this Startup Mode the task will be started after the monitor goes into Standby mode.

Startup Mode - Time/Date Settings

Option	Description
Start Time	Time at which the task is started.
End Time	This time specifies the end of the Interval. When you specify an end time of 00:00:00, the interval automatically ends at 12 midnight.
Date	Date on which the task is started using the startup mode Once.
Interval	This entry enables the interval for the startup modes Interval, Monitoring and System Idle to be specified.
Tolerance	This enables you to specify a timeframe within which a task can still be run if the task couldn't be started at the specified start time. This is necessary, for example, when another task is to run at the start time.
Days of the Week	Here you can specify the days of the week (Monday to Sunday) for the startup modes Weekly, Monthly and Interval.
Months	Here you can specify the various months of the year (January to December) for the startup mode Monthly.
Calendar Weeks	Here you can specify the various calendar weeks from 1 to 53 for the startup mode Weekly.
Calendar Days	Here you can specify the various days of the month from 1 to 31 and Last day of the month for the startup mode Monthly.

Profiles

Here you can specify the profiles used to start the task. The profiles can be individually deactivated by unchecking the checkboxes. The Don't use profile chaining option enables you to deactivate profile chaining for all profiles.

Task Start

Cancel task startup if the following folder could not be found

This option cancels the start of a task and displays a note in the log if the specified folder could not be found at start.

Start task immediately when last performed more than X days ago

This option causes a task to be started immediately upon activating AllSync Scheduler if the last time the task was started precedes a specified number of days ago.

Automatically remove entries from log file when they are more than ... day(s) old

With this option, every time a task is started, its log file is checked and all entries to be removed when they are older than the number of days you specified.

• Please note the Compatibility section under the Time format option.
• When deleting old log entries, a new log file is always created first and then the old log file is deleted.

User must confirm task start

This option shows up a dialog window to start or cancel the task. Additionally, you can specify a time period to close the dialog window automatically and cancel the task start.

Wait this number of seconds before starting the profiles

This option enables you to specify a delay period before the copy operation of the profiles will be started.

Change the window state of the scheduler

This enables you to specify the window state of the scheduler when the task will be started.

Show pop-up message at the notification area of the Windows taskbar

With this option, a pop-up message is displayed in the notification area of the Windows taskbar when the task starts. The scheduler must be shown as an icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar so that this notification is displayed.

Task Running

Don't show File Conflict dialog

This option causes the File Conflict dialog not to be displayed.

Show error messages in the notification area of the Windows taskbar

This displays all error messages that occur while the task is running in the notification area of the Windows taskbar.

Task End

Show info message after the task has completed

This option shows up a message box after the task has completed. AllSync uses for this the system command MSG. Apparently, Windows Home editions do not have the msg.exe command installed. The command button Test enables you to check the availability of the system commands.

Upon completing processing of task

This enables you to specify which action is to be performed when the processing of a task has completed:

• Shut down computer
• Shut down Windows
• Restart Windows
• Log off user
• Standby
• Hibernate
• Shut down AllSync Scheduler
• Lock computer

The option Force Action enables you to force the selected action. Forcing the action could be necessary if the computer is locked.
Note: Forcing the actions 1 to 4 could result in data loss because other applications cannot save their data.

Change the window state of the scheduler

This enables you to specify the window state of the scheduler when the processing of a task has completed.

Log task state at the Windows event viewer

This option enables you to log the task state at the Windows event viewer after task completion. An event with the ID 100 will be created if there were no errors during the task run; otherwise the ID 101 will be used. See Windows event viewer -> Windows Logs -> Application.

Show pop-up message at the notification area of the Windows taskbar

With this option, a pop-up message is displayed in the notification area of the Windows taskbar when the task has completed. The scheduler must be shown as an icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar so that this notification is displayed.

Run Period

With this option you can define in which time period of the day the tasks may be started. The time period can be set between 00:00 and 23:59. This option overrides the run period settings in the general scheduler options.

Abort a running task outside the specified run period

This option aborts a running task if it is outside the specified run period. With the Complete file copy process suboption, you can specify that the current file copy process is completed before the task is terminated.

E-Mail

The email options are available from AllSync Business Edition.

Don't send log to the e-mail addresses indicated in AllSync Scheduler's options

This option enables you to suspend sending the e-mail to the e-mail addresses in AllSync Scheduler's general options.

Send log to these addresses

This option causes the log of all the profiles run of a task to be sent to the specified e-mail address(es). If there is more than one address, they have to be separated by a comma. No e-mails can be sent unless you make all the settings for the mail server in the E-Mail section of AllSync Scheduler's options.

When should the e-mail be sent?

The following settings are possible:

• Always
• Only when an error occurs
• Only when changes occur
• Only when errors and changes occur
• Only when an error or a change occurs
• Only if no changes have been made

E-Mail logged actions of a profile

Activating this option causes the actions logged during the copy operation to be emailed. This option doesn't have any effect unless the Log these actions during a copy operation option is activated (Profile Properties – Options – Log).

Forward log of each individual profile via e-mail

When this option is activated, the log of each individual profile is forwarded via e-mail.

How should the log be sent?

• Send log as text in the e-mail and as an attachment
• Send log only as text in the e-mail
• Send log only as an attachment

Note: Logs larger than 1 MB are automatically sent only as an attachment.

Include these files as attachments

With this option you can also send several files as attachments with the email. One file path can be specified per line in the text field. You can select files and add them to the text field using the '+' button. The 'x' button can be used to delete all files from the text field.