Scheduled Imports

Scheduled import provides the ability to carry out import operations at a specified regular interval.

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The scheduler checks the need to run jobs every 1 minute. The number of jobs for simultaneous launch is limited to 20 – up to 10 for scheduled imports and up to 10 for the scripts at the same time.

The time limit for completing jobs is 12 hours.

To schedule an import, complete the steps below:

1. Navigate to Import → Schedule Import.
2. Click New and fill in the fields.
3. Click Save or Save and exit to apply the changes.

Schedule import form fields

Field	Mandatory	Description
Name	Y	Specify a name of the scheduled data import.
Import source	Y	Use the Import Source dictionary to specify the import source record.
Run as	Y	Specify a user on whose behalf the import job should be executed.
Active	N	Select this checkbox to activate this data import.
Run frequency	Y	Specify the import frequency and periodicity. Available choice options: On demand – select this option to perform the data import on demand. Periodically – select this option to schedule the import periodicity. Once – select this option to schedule a one-time import. Daily – select this option to schedule the daily import. Weekly – select this option to schedule the weekly import. Monthly – select this option to schedule the monthly import.
Run period	N	Specify the period for the import repeating. This field appears if you set Periodically in the Run frequency field.
Run time	N	Specify the time on which to run the import. This field appears if you set Daily, Weekly, Monthly in the Run frequency field.
Run date and time	N	Specify the date and time on which to run the import. This field appears if you set Once or Periodically in the Run frequency field.
Day of week	N	Specify the day on which to run the import. This field appears if you set Weekly in the Run frequency field.
Day of month	N	Specify the day on which to run the import. This field appears if you set Monthly in the Run frequency field.