Administrator’s Guide

6-4 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Tip You can place the pointer over a tool to display a description of it.
Updating Last Run and Next Run information (Windows)
Last Run and Next Run information gets updated in the Schedules list
every 15 seconds. You can update it more often, if you want.
To update the information about when a scheduled task ran last and
when it will run again, select one or more scheduled tasks and choose
Action menu > Refresh.
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules
window (Mac OS)
After you create a scheduled task, it appears in the Schedules
window.
To display the Schedules window, choose Window menu > Schedules
Window.
The list shows you a summary of each defined schedule, including
the task it performs, the last time it ran, and the next time it will run.
For information on working with lists see “Sorting and resizing
columns (Mac OS)” and “Selecting information and scrolling in lists
(Mac OS)” on page 5-10.
You can use this view of your scheduled tasks to change, duplicate,
enable, disable, and run them manually as described in the following
sections.
Running scheduled tasks manually
1. In the Schedules list (Windows) or Schedules window (Mac OS),
select a scheduled task that you want to run.
2. Choose Action menu > Run Now (Windows) or Schedules menu >
Run Schedule (Mac OS).
The
Last Run column is updated with the current date and time.
Changing scheduled tasks
1. In the Schedules list (Windows) or Schedules window (Mac OS),
select a scheduled task.
Prevent all scheduled tasks from running, even if they are enabled
(checked) in the Schedules list. This option lets you turn off all
schedules at once and is convenient for performing administrative
tasks on the server computer. When you click this button,
checkmarks of enabled tasks are dimmed in the Schedules list.
Allow all scheduled and enabled tasks to run. Tasks that you have
individually disabled will not run.
Duplicate one or more selected scheduled tasks to use as a template
for creating a new scheduled task.
Display FileMaker on the Web information in the Details Pane of the
console, which gives you easy access to the official FileMaker, Inc.
web site. Click this tool again to return to the previously displayed
page in the Details Pane.
Use
this
tool To perform this action
Drag the border to
change the column width
Click a checkbox to
disable or enable
an individual
scheduled task
Click to reverse the sort
order of the list based on
the selected column
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