Schedules

Schedules specify times and are associated with reports, rules, and SLCs.

They specify the calendar to use, time zone for the calendar, and how long the calendar is in effect (start time, end time, and end date). When associated with a report, through Scheduled Reports, schedules tell the Report Service when to run a report. When a schedule and an event are associated with a rule, the schedule dictates when events are matched against the rule criteria. As such, schedules are used to specify the criteria by which an activity is judged to be executing acceptably. For SLCs, schedules are used to specify a duration or a range for the start time and end time, or both, in which processing must occur.