Create a schedule

 

The Create a schedule operation creates a schedule for a job to run, but it cannot run until it is linked to a runbook by using the Associate a schedule with a runbook operation.

Request

To specify the request, replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID, <cloud-service-name> with the name of the cloud service to use for making the request, <automation-account-name> with the name of the automation account to use for making the request, and <schedule-name> with a name for the schedule. Include required URI parameters.

Method	Request URI
PUT	https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/cloudServices/<cloud-service-name>/resources/automation/~/automationAccounts/<automation-account-name>/schedules/<schedule-name>?api-version=2014-12-08

URI Parameters

Parameter	Description
api-version	Required. Must be set to 2014-12-08.

Request Headers

The request headers in the following table are required.

Request Header	Description
Content-Type	Set to application/json. Do not include a specification for charset.
x-ms-version	Specifies the version of the operation. Set to 2013-06-01 or a later version.

Request Body

This request creates a schedule to start at 9AM UTC on May 5, 2015 and ends on the same day and time a year later. It will run every 2 hours.

{
   "properties":{
      "description":"Run every other hour",
      "startTime":"2015-05-11T09:00:00",
      "expiryTime":"2016-05-22T09:00:00",
      "isEnabled":true,
      "interval":2,
      "frequency":"hour"
   }
}

Element	Required	Type	Description
description	No	String	The description of the schedule.
startTime	Yes	DateTime	The starting time of the schedule in UTC.
expiryTime	No	DateTime	The ending time of the schedule (the time after which it no longer executes).
isEnabled	No	Boolean	Use this property when you want to disable schedules when they are not needed, but not delete them.
interval	No	Integer	The periodic interval that the schedule activates
frequency	Yes	Integer	Indicate how frequent should the schedule run. Supported values are: onetime, hour, day

Response

Status Code

A successful operation returns 201 (Created). For information about common error codes, see HTTP/1.1 Status Code Definitions.

Response Headers

Request Header	Description
x-ms-request-id	A unique identifier for the current operation.

Response Body

{
   "name":"AuditSched",
   "properties":{
      "description":"Run every other hour",
      "startTime":"2015-05-11T09:00:00+00:00",
      "expiryTime":"2016-05-22T09:00:00+00:00",
      "isEnabled":true,
      "nextRun":"2015-05-11T09:00:00+00:00",
      "interval":2,
      "frequency":"Hour",
      "creationTime":"2015-05-03T21:28:21.02+00:00",
      "lastModifiedTime":"2015-05-03T21:28:21.02+00:00"
   }
}

Element	Description
name	The name of the schedule
description	The description of the schedule.
startTime	The starting time of the schedule.
expiryTime	The ending time of the schedule (the time after which it no longer executes).
isEnabled	The flag indicating whether the schedule is enabled. Default is true.
nextRun	The next time the schedule will activate.
interval	The periodic interval that the schedule activates.
frequency	Indicates the frequency the schedule will run.
creationTime	The date and time the schedule was created.
lastModifiedTime	The date and time the schedule was last changed.

See Also

Automation Schedules
Operations on Automation