Adding a scheduled action

Scheduled actions automate file operations according to a predefined schedule, ensuring timely and efficient data exchange.

About this task

Define a scheduled action for execution at a specific date and time.

1. Go to Actions > Scheduled
2. Do one of the following actions:
   1. To create a new action, click .
   2. To create a copy of an existing action, select the action and click .
3. Specify the following details to define the conditions that trigger the action:

   Field	Description
   Action name	Type a unique name for the scheduled action.
   Description	Type a brief description for the scheduled action.
   Active	Click the toggle button to activate or deactivate the action.
   Schedule settings	Click . In the Configure Criteria dialog box, select one of the following options from the list to specify how often Managed File Transfer runs the tasks that are associated with an action, and click OK: Run once Specify the Date and Time to run the task. Click the calendar icon to select a date from the calendar. Yearly Specify a date range, the months, the days within the month, and the time interval you want to run the task each year. Monthly Specify a date range, the days within the month, and the time interval you want to run the task each month. Weekly Specify a date range, the days of the week, and the time interval you want to run the task each week. Daily Specify a date range and the time interval that you want to run the task each day. Hourly Specify a date range and the time interval that you want to run the task each hour. Fixed interval Specify a date range and the time interval before running the next task for a scheduled action.
   Tasks	Select one or more of the following tasks, and define configurations for each of the tasks in the Properties section: Configuring Find task Copy task configuration Move task configuration Delete task configuration Rename task configuration Encrypt task configuration Decrypt task configuration Zip task configuration Unzip task configuration Send email task configuration Jump task configuration Exclude task configuration Error task configuration For descriptions of fields for task configurations, see Task configuration definitions.
   Enable parallel processing	Select this option to enable parallel processing of files in multiple threads.
   Start parallel processing for files after	Select the task after which Managed File Transfer must start parallel processing of files in multiple threads from the list. Managed File Transfer first runs the task that you select here, and any other tasks before it, sequentially.
   Maximum number of parallel processes	Type the maximum number (between one and 999) of parallel threads that Managed File Transfer can create to simultaneously process the files.

4. Click Add. The new scheduled action appears in the scheduled actions list.