Double-click a TriggerSchedule to see its default Trigger Scheduler view, as shown in Figure 344.
As shown in Figure 344, the Trigger Scheduler has two sides:
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Calendar (left) side — where you add events. It operates like the Calendar Scheduler view.
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Time picker (right) side — where you add trigger times for the schedule to fire its trigger output. Included is the ability to add repeating intervals.
Trigger times, as set in the time picker, apply to all calendar events (if more than one).
Existing trigger events (if any) are listed in the table by name and summary. When you select a trigger event, its day(s) of occurrence are highlighted in green in the monthly calendars at the top of the view. Trigger times are listed in the time picker area.
Additional Trigger Scheduler topics include:
Click the button to add a new trigger event. An Add dialog appears, as shown in Figure 345.
Dialog options are described as follows:
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Name — Your descriptive name for the trigger events, perhaps “FirstDOM” or “Each_WorkHr.” The default value is simply “Event.” You can change this later, if needed.
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Type — Determines selection criteria for day or days, with the following choices:
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Date — (default) By various combinations of weekday, numerical date, month or month combinations, and year.
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Date Range — By start and end range, using for each a combination of day, month, year.
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Week and Day — By combination of day of week, week in month, month.
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Custom — By various combinations of day, month, weekdays, and year.
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For details on Type selections, see Calendar day selections.
After you have a name and type selected (and defined as needed), click to add it to this calendar’s days. It remains selected for further editing, except for type. Typically, you add one or more trigger event times on the time picker side. See Adding trigger event times.
By default, a single “midnight” trigger time may already exist (you can delete it if desired). To add other trigger times, use the controls at the bottom of the time picker side, as shown in Figure 346.
Set the desired time in the hour:minute editor, either by clicking up/down controls or typing in times directly. Click the button to add a trigger at that time, which adds it to the list. You can also enter multiple triggers simultaneously, using
the Range option.
To add multiple triggers that occur at a repeating interval, select the Range checkbox. This enables the Range End and Range Interval fields for entering values, as shown in Figure 347.
When entering a trigger range, note that the top (hour:minute) editor acts as the first (or Range Begin) trigger time. By default, the Range Interval is set to one hour (“+00001h 00m 00.000s”). You can set this to whatever interval is needed.
To delete a trigger time, click to select, then click the button. To select multiple trigger times, hold down the Ctrl or Shift key while you select.
The time picker (right side) has no right-click menu—simply use the bottom controls to configure trigger times. The calendar (left side) has an available right-click menu. If you have any calendar event selected, this menu provides the most commands, as shown in Figure 348.
Priority selections (right-click menu or in bottom buttons) only affect the list order for events in a TriggerSchedule—true priority applies only to special events (in weekly schedules).
Event menu options are straightforward, and may include the following:
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Add — Add a new calendar event (same as using button).
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Edit — Edit day(s) selection criteria (but not changing calendar type). Same as button.
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Rename — Rename selected calendar event (same as using button).
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Priority (up) — Move calendar event up in display list (same as using button).
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Priority (down) — Move calendar event down in display list (same as using button).
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Delete — Removes selected calendar event from the schedule component.
When you delete a calendar event, a confirmation dialog appears as shown in Figure 349.
Click to delete the calendar entry, or to keep it.
When you first access the Trigger Scheduler, the current day is highlighted in the left-most calendar month at the top of the view. As needed, click on and , or and to traverse the calendar ahead or back in time.
Return to the current calendar month and day by clicking the button.