Adding a Scheduled Action

Go to Actions > Scheduled and do one of the following:

• If you want to create a new action, click .
• If you want to create a copy of an action that already exists, select an existing action, and click .

To define the conditions that trigger the action, specify the following details:

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 IBM® webMethods Managed File Transfer should execute the tasks associated with an action, and click OK: Run once. Specify the Date and Time to execute 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 execute the task each year. Monthly. Specify a date range, the days within the month, and the time interval you want to execute the task each month. Weekly. Specify a date range, the days of the week, and the time interval you want to execute the task each week. Daily. Specify a date range and the time interval you want to execute the task each day. Hourly. Specify a date range and the time interval you want to execute the task each hour. Fixed interval. Specify a date range and the time interval before executing 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: Find Task Configuration 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. Tip: Click to disable a task. Click to enable a task. Click to delete a task. Click to copy a task.
Enable parallel processing	Select this option if you want to enable parallel processing of files in multiple threads.
Start parallel processing for files after	Select the task after which IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer must start parallel processing of files in multiple threads from the list. IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer first executes the task 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 IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer can create to simultaneously process the files.