Define a frequency
How to define a frequency so workflows run only on the days and timing patterns you intend.
Frequencies, calendars, and when work runs.
View all tagsHow to define a frequency so workflows run only on the days and timing patterns you intend.
The workflow editor's Forecast switch — how it redraws the canvas as the build for a chosen date, what each job card shows, how the estimated start window is worked out, and why it forecasts your unsaved edits.
The scheduling pattern model that decides which dates a job is eligible to run on, how working days and calendars shape the result, the options each pattern accepts, and how to validate one with the forecast.
How one workflow builds as several named schedule instances for the same date, each carrying its own property values — how instances are defined, how a build targets them, how they are named and displayed, and how dependencies, conflicts and events address one instance.
How Classic frequencies and calendars map to OpCon Continuum's pattern model, where holidays and working days are decided now, and how to confirm a schedule before it goes live.
How build settings, frequencies, and calendars together decide what runs and when, and how to work out why a job did or did not build into a day's run.