schedule

Manages schedules.

Schedule Fields

The schedule object contains the following fields:

Field

Value

id

The ID of the schedule.

name

The name of the schedule.

inuse

Indicates whether the schedule is associated with an action.

rules

An array of JSON objects specifying how often the scheduled action occurs. See Rule Fields below.

Rule Fields

The following table shows the fields to use when creating a rules object.

Field

Values

frequency

How often to perform the action:

  • once - Once
  • yearly - Yearly
  • monthly - Monthly
  • weekly - Weekly
  • daily - Daily
  • hourly - Hourly
  • semihourly - Every 30 minutes
  • quarterhourly - Every 15 minutes
  • fiveminutes - Every 5 minutes
  • minute - Every minute

retain

How long to retain the data resulting from the action. For example, if the schedule creates a snapshot, the retain field sets the snapshot's expiration. The retain field consists of an integer and one of the following units of time:

  • mi - minutes
  • h - hours
  • d - days
  • w - weeks
  • m - months
  • y - years
NOTE For offload schedule, set the value for this to 0.

time

The time of day to perform the action, in 24-hour format: HH

date

The date on which to perform the action:

  • For single occurrences, specify month, day and year: MM/DD/YYYY
  • For yearly occurrences, specify the month and day: MM/DD
  • For monthly occurrences occurrences, specify the day: DD Daily and hourly occurrences do not require the date field.

Example

The following example JSON shows a schedule called "snapshot," with three rules.

     {
            "id":8,
            "name":"snapshot",
            "inuse":0,
            "rules":[
                {
                    "frequency":"monthly",
                    "date":"8",
                    "time":14,
                    "retain":"1m"
                },
                {
                    "frequency":"weekly",
                    "date":"sat",
                    "time":14,
                    "retain":"2w"
                },
                {
                    "frequency":"hourly",
                    "retain":"1d"
                }
            ]
        }