Understanding Trigger Options and Settings

The first thing to consider when configuring a task is what triggers will cause the task to execute. Triggers can be based on time, events, or various system states. As noted earlier, each task can contain multiple triggers. With more than one trigger, the task will launch when any of the conditions in any of the triggers is met.

The following list describes the various trigger types and the settings that you can configure for each type:

On a Schedule—Triggers for a schedule allow tasks to run on a specific date (one time), daily, weekly, or monthly. For recurring tasks, the start time can be configured along with reoccurring options to completely customize when the task will run.

At Log On—Tasks ...

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