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How To schedule a transfer

How To Schedule a Transfer

  1. Stop the transfer queue
  2. Do the file transfer operation
  3. A new transfer gets added to the transfer queue 
  4. In the transfer queue, right-click the transfer which you want to schedule
  5. To make any changes (e.g. a different destination folder) select Properties from the context menu
  6. Otherwise, select Schedule from the context menu
    Schedule
  7. The task Properties property sheet opens
  8. In the General dialog, for the Security options:
    By default the scheduled task runs in the interactive session:
    (o) Run only when user is logged on
    In this case, the task will be added to the Transfer Queue of the application instance.
    To run the task whether the user is logged on or not, select:
    (o) Run whether user is logged on or not
    In this case, the task will be added to the Background Transfer Queue of the service instance.
    For more information see KB: How to run scheduled tasks
  9. Go to the Triggers dialog and add the conditions which will trigger the task.
  10. Click OK
  11. A new task is created
  12. Go to the Scheduler pane
  13. Right-click the newly created task
  14. Select Run from the context menu
  15. If you have set up the task in 8 to run in the interactive session:
    A new transfer task is added to the Transfer Queue of the application instance.
    • Go to the Transfer Queue pane
    • Start the transfer queue
  16. If you have selected the (o) Run whether user is logged on or not option in 8, the transfer task is added to the Background Transfer Queue and will get processed immediately.
    KB: How to enable Background Transfer Queue pane

Tutorial

For a step by step tutorial, see the Schedule the transfer of a folder tutorial.

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