Set-JobTrigger

Module:

PSScheduledJob

Changes the job trigger of a scheduled job.

Syntax

Set-JobTrigger
   [-InputObject] <ScheduledJobTrigger[]>
   [-DaysInterval <Int32>]
   [-WeeksInterval <Int32>]
   [-RandomDelay <TimeSpan>]
   [-At <DateTime>]
   [-User <String>]
   [-DaysOfWeek <DayOfWeek[]>]
   [-AtStartup]
   [-AtLogOn]
   [-Once]
   [-RepetitionInterval <TimeSpan>]
   [-RepetitionDuration <TimeSpan>]
   [-RepeatIndefinitely]
   [-Daily]
   [-Weekly]
   [-PassThru]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Set-JobTrigger cmdlet changes the properties of the job triggers of scheduled jobs. You can use it to change the time or frequency at which the jobs start or to change from a time-based schedules to schedules that are triggered by a logon or startup.

A job trigger defines a recurring schedule or conditions for starting a scheduled job. Although job triggers are not saved to disk, you can change the job triggers of scheduled jobs, which are saved to disk.

To change a job trigger of a scheduled job, begin by using the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the job trigger of a scheduled job. Then, pipe the trigger to Set-JobTrigger or save the trigger in a variable and use the InputObject parameter of Set-JobTrigger cmdlet to identify the trigger. Use the remaining parameters of Set-JobTrigger to change the job trigger.

When you change the type of a job trigger, such as changing a job trigger from a daily or weekly trigger to an AtLogon trigger, the original trigger properties are deleted. However, if you change the values of the trigger, but not its type, such as changing the days in a weekly trigger, only the properties that you specify are changed. All other properties of the original job trigger are retained.

Set-JobTrigger is one of a collection of job scheduling cmdlets in the PSScheduledJob module that is included in Windows PowerShell.

For more information about Scheduled Jobs, see the About topics in the PSScheduledJob module. Import the PSScheduledJob module and then type: Get-Help about_Scheduled* or see about_Scheduled_Jobs.

This cmdlet was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.

Examples

Example 1: Change the days in a job trigger

This example shows how to change the days in a weekly job trigger.

Get-JobTrigger -Name "DeployPackage"

Id         Frequency       Time                   DaysOfWeek              Enabled
--         ---------       ----                   ----------              -------
1          Weekly          9/29/2011 12:00:00 AM  {Wednesday, Saturday}   True

Get-JobTrigger -Name "DeployPackage" | Set-JobTrigger -DaysOfWeek "Wednesday", "Sunday" -PassThru

Id         Frequency       Time                   DaysOfWeek              Enabled
--         ---------       ----                   ----------              -------
1          Weekly          9/29/2011 12:00:00 AM  {Wednesday, Sunday}     True

The first command uses the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the job trigger of the DeployPackage scheduled job. The output shows that the trigger starts the job at midnight on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The second command uses the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the job trigger of the DeployPackage scheduled job. A pipeline operator (|) sends the trigger to the Set-JobTrigger cmdlet, which changes the job trigger so that it starts the DeployPackage job on Wednesdays and Sundays. The command uses the PassThru parameter to return the trigger after the change.

This command is not required; it is included only to show the effect of the trigger change.

Example 2: Change the job trigger type

This example shows how to change the type of job trigger that starts a job. The commands in this example replace an AtStartup job trigger with a weekly trigger.

Get-JobTrigger -Name "Inventory"

Id         Frequency       Time                   DaysOfWeek              Enabled
--         ---------       ----                   ----------              -------
1          Daily           9/27/2011 11:00:00 PM                          True
2          AtStartup                                                      True

Get-JobTrigger -Name "Inventory" -TriggerID 2 | Set-JobTrigger -Weekly -WeeksInterval 4 -DaysOfWeek Monday -At "12:00 AM"

Id         Frequency       Time                   DaysOfWeek              Enabled
--         ---------       ----                   ----------              -------
1          Daily           9/27/2011 11:00:00 PM                          True
2          Weekly          10/31/2011 12:00:00 AM {Monday}                True

The first command uses the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the job trigger of the Inventory scheduled job. The output shows that the job has two triggers a daily trigger and an AtStartup trigger.

The second command uses the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the AtStartup job trigger of the Inventory job. The command uses the TriggerID parameter to identify the job trigger. A pipeline operator (|) sends the job trigger to the Set-JobTrigger cmdlet, which changes it to a weekly job trigger that runs every four weeks on Monday at midnight. The command uses the PassThru parameter to return the trigger after the change.

This command is not required; it is included only to show the effect of the trigger change.

Example 3: Change the user on a remote job trigger

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "Server01" -ScriptBlock {Get-ScheduledJob | Get-JobTrigger | Where-Object {$_.User} | Set-JobTrigger -User "Domain01/Admin02"}

This command changes the user in all AtLogon job triggers of scheduled jobs on the Server01 computer.

The command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a command on the Server01 computer.

The remote command begins with a Get-ScheduledJob command that gets all scheduled jobs on the computer. The scheduled jobs are piped to the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet, which gets the job triggers of the scheduled jobs. Each job trigger contains a JobDefinition property that contains the scheduled job, so the trigger remains associated with the scheduled job even when it is changed.

The job triggers are piped to the Where-Object cmdlet, which gets job triggers that have the User property. The selected job triggers are piped to the Set-JobTrigger cmdlet, which changes the user to Domain01\Admin02.

Example 4: Change one of many job triggers

Get-JobTrigger -Name "SecurityCheck"

Id         Frequency       Time                   DaysOfWeek              Enabled
--         ---------       ----                   ----------              -------
1          Daily           4/24/2013 3:00:00 AM                           True
2          Weekly          4/24/2013 4:00:00 PM   {Sunday}                True
3          Once            4/24/2013 4:00:00 PM                           True

Get-JobTrigger -Name "SecurityCheck" -TriggerID 3 | Format-List -Property *

At                 : 4/24/2012 4:00:00 PM
DaysOfWeek         :
Interval           : 1
Frequency          : Once
RandomDelay        : 00:00:00
RepetitionInterval : 01:00:00
RepetitionDuration : 1.00:00:00
User               :
Id                 : 3
Enabled            : True
JobDefinition      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ScheduledJob.ScheduledJobDefinition

Get-JobTrigger -Name "SecurityCheck" -TriggerId 3 | Set-JobTrigger -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 90)
Get-JobTrigger -Name "SecurityCheck" -TriggerID 3 | Format-List -Property *

At                 : 4/24/2012 4:00:00 PM
DaysOfWeek         :
Interval           : 1
Frequency          : Once
RandomDelay        : 00:00:00
RepetitionInterval : 01:30:00
RepetitionDuration : 1.00:00:00
User               :
Id                 : 3
Enabled            : True
JobDefinition      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ScheduledJob.ScheduledJobDefinition

The commands in this example changes the repetition interval of the Once job trigger of SecurityCheck scheduled job from every 60 minutes to every 90 minutes. The SecurityCheck scheduled job has three job triggers, so the commands use the TriggerId parameter of the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to identify the job trigger that is being changed.

The first command uses the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get all job triggers of the SecurityCheck scheduled job. The output, which displays the IDs of the job triggers, reveals that the Once job trigger has an ID of 3.

The second command uses the TriggerID parameter of the Get-JobTrigger cmdlet to get the Once trigger of the SecurityCheck scheduled job. The command pipes the trigger to the Format-List cmdlet, which displays all of the properties of the Once job trigger. The output shows that the trigger starts the job once every hour (RepetitionInterval is 1 hour) for one day (RepetitionDuration is 1 day).

The third command changes the repetition interval of the job trigger from one hour to 90 minutes. The command does not return any output.

The fourth command displays the effect of the change.The output shows that the trigger starts the job once every 90 minutes (RepetitionInterval is 1 hour, 30 minutes) for one day (RepetitionDuration is 1 day).

Parameters

-At

Starts the job at the specified date and time. Enter a DateTime object, such as one that the Get-Date cmdlet returns, or a string that can be converted to a time, such as April 19, 2012 15:00, 12/31/2013 9:00 PM, or 3am.

If you don't specify an element of the DateTime object, such as seconds, that element of the job trigger is not changed. If the original job trigger didn't include a DateTime object and you omit an element, the job trigger is created with the corresponding element from the current date and time.

When using the Once parameter, set the value of the At parameter to a particular date and time. Because the default date in a DateTime object is the current date, setting a time before the current time without an explicit date results in a job trigger for a time in the past.

DateTime objects, and strings that are converted to DateTime objects, are automatically adjusted to be compatible with the date and time formats selected for the local computer in Region and Language in Control Panel.

Type:	DateTime
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-AtLogOn

Starts the scheduled job when the specified users log on to the computer. To specify a user, use the User parameter.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-AtStartup

Starts the scheduled job when Windows starts.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Daily

Specifies a recurring daily job schedule. Use the other parameters in the Daily parameter set to specify the schedule details.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DaysInterval

Specifies the number of days between occurrences on a daily schedule. For example, a value of 3 starts the scheduled job on days 1, 4, 7 and so on. The default value is 1.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DaysOfWeek

Specifies the days of the week on which a weekly scheduled job runs. Enter day names, such as Monday, Thursday, integers 0-6, where 0 represents Sunday, or an asterisk (*) to represent every day. This parameter is required in the Weekly parameter set.

Day names are converted to their integer values in the job trigger. When you enclose day names in quotation marks in a command, enclose each day name in separate quotation marks, such as "Monday", "Tuesday". If you enclose multiple day names in a single quotation mark pair, the corresponding integer values are summed. For example, "Monday, Tuesday" (1 + 2) results in a value of Wednesday (3).

Type:	DayOfWeek[]
Accepted values:	Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-InputObject

Specifies the job triggers. Enter a variable that contains ScheduledJobTrigger objects or type a command or expression that gets ScheduledJobTrigger objects, such as a Get-JobTrigger command. You can also pipe a ScheduledJobTrigger object to Set-JobTrigger.

If you specify multiple job triggers, Set-JobTrigger makes the same changes to all job triggers.

Type:	ScheduledJobTrigger[]
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Once

Specifies a non-recurring (one time) schedule.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-PassThru

Returns the job triggers that changed. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RandomDelay

Enables a random delay that begins at the scheduled start time, and sets the maximum delay value. The length of the delay is set pseudo-randomly for each start and varies from no delay to the time specified by the value of this parameter. The default value, zero (00:00:00), disables the random delay.

Enter a timespan object, such as one returned by the New-TimeSpan cmdlet, or enter a value in <hours>:<minutes>:<seconds> format, which is automatically converted to a timespan object.

Type:	TimeSpan
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RepeatIndefinitely

This parameter, available starting in Windows PowerShell 4.0, eliminates the necessity of specifying a TimeSpan.MaxValue value for the RepetitionDuration parameter to run a scheduled job repeatedly, for an indefinite period.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RepetitionDuration

Repeats the job until the specified time expires. The repetition frequency is determined by the value of the RepetitionInterval parameter. For example, if the value of RepetitionInterval is 5 minutes and the value of RepetitionDuration is 2 hours, the job is triggered every five minutes for two hours.

Enter a timespan object, such as one that the New-TimeSpan cmdlet returns or a string that can be converted to a timespan object, such as 1:05:30.

To run a job indefinitely, add the RepeatIndefinitely parameter instead.

To stop a job before the job trigger repetition duration expires, set the RepetitionDuration value to zero (0).

To change the repetition duration or repetition interval of a Once job trigger, the command must include both the RepetitionInterval and RepetitionDuration parameters. To change the repetition duration or repetition intervals of other types of job triggers, the command must include the Once, At, RepetitionInterval and RepetitionDuration parameters.

Type:	TimeSpan
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RepetitionInterval

Repeats the job at the specified time interval. For example, if the value of this parameter is 2 hours, the job is triggered every two hours. The default value, 0, does not repeat the job.

Enter a timespan object, such as one that the New-TimeSpan cmdlet returns or a string that can be converted to a timespan object, such as 1:05:30.

To change the repetition duration or repetition interval of a Once job trigger, the command must include both the RepetitionInterval and RepetitionDuration parameters. To change the repetition duration or repetition intervals of other types of job triggers, the command must include the Once, At, RepetitionInterval and RepetitionDuration parameters.

Type:	TimeSpan
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-User

Specifies the users who trigger an AtLogon start of a scheduled job. Enter the name of a user in <UserName> or <Domain>\<Username> format or enter an asterisk (*) to represent all users. The default value is all users.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Weekly

Specifies a recurring weekly job schedule. Use the other parameters in the Weekly parameter set to specify the schedule details.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-WeeksInterval

Specifies the number of weeks between occurrences on a weekly job schedule. For example, a value of 3 starts the scheduled job on weeks 1, 4, 7 and so on. The default value is 1.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Inputs

ScheduledJobTrigger

You can pipe a job trigger to this cmdlet.

Outputs

None

By default, this cmdlet returns no output.

ScheduledJobTrigger

When you use the PassThru parameter, this cmdlet returns the job triggers that it changed.

Notes

• Job triggers have a JobDefinition property that associates them with the scheduled job. When you change the job trigger of a scheduled job, the job is changed. You do not need to use a Set-ScheduledJob command to apply the changed trigger to the scheduled job.

Related Links

• Add-JobTrigger
• Disable-JobTrigger
• Disable-ScheduledJob
• Enable-JobTrigger
• Enable-ScheduledJob
• Get-JobTrigger
• Get-ScheduledJob
• Get-ScheduledJobOption
• New-JobTrigger
• New-ScheduledJobOption
• Register-ScheduledJob
• Remove-JobTrigger
• Set-JobTrigger
• Set-ScheduledJob
• Set-ScheduledJobOption
• Unregister-ScheduledJob