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Scheduling administrative tasks
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Notes
• A new scheduled task is enabled by default, which means the task will automatically run at
its scheduled time. For more information about enabling and disabling scheduled tasks, see
Enabling and disabling schedules
(page 140).
• To sort scheduled tasks in a list in ascending or descending order, click a column heading.
• To resize the width of a column, select the column heading border and drag it horizontally.
• You can define up to 50 schedules in FileMaker Server.
• When a scheduled task completes, FileMaker Server can send an email notification, if you
enable this feature for a specific schedule. See Enabling email notifications in schedules
(page 147).
• FileMaker Server adds entries in the Events.log file when a scheduled task runs. See
Tracking activity in log files
(page 110).
• FileMaker Server puts tasks and file-related commands from Admin Console and the
command line interface into the following separate queues:
• Back up Database tasks and file-related commands (for example, Open, Close, Pause,
and Resume). Only one task or command runs at one time from this queue. The
remaining tasks or commands are delayed until the current one is complete.
• Send Message and Run Script tasks (ScriptMaker scripts and system-level script files).
Multiple tasks can run at the same time from this queue.
FileMaker Server runs tasks from both queues at the same time. For example, the first queue
has a Back Up Database task and a Pause command. The second queue has a Run Script task
and a Send Message task. FileMaker Server runs the Back Up Database, Run Script, and Send
Message tasks at the same time. The Pause command is not executed until the Back Up
Database task completes.
Related topics
Email notification settings (page 57)
Default folder settings
(page 73)