Autotask schedule - using UTC

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Is it possible to invoke an autotask based on fixed point in time using UTC? or something similar?

For example, I want to invoke an autotask to fire every Friday @ 10AM UTC. Is there a direct way of doing this (or maybe an elegant solution)?

A couple ideas I had:

  • start the auto task on a Friday @ 10AM UTC to run on a weekly schedule (not an ideal solution)

  • Have the autotask run at a high frequency (ie. every 5 min), and check to the time in the autotask (seems like a lot of unnecessary runs).

My hope was that I could just format the schedule time in the autotask UI. Similar to a cron job.

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Hey @Guceri! That's something we are planning to be working on next. The idea is to allow you to define either a frequency or a cron expression, exactly like a cron job as you say.

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In the meantime, the workaround is as you say: set up an autotask that runs at a certain frequency (can be every hour for instance) and check the time to decide whether you have to run or not.

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Hi @spalladino !
I just wanted to check in on this feature that we talked about a month ago. I noticed on the last release notes, there is nothing mentioned about cron expressions. Do you have an idea of what version this is planned to go live?

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Hey Tolga! That feature is currently in progress, and didn't make it to the last release. We expect it to be ready near end of the month.

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