User Guide

Task management 109
run field, the task will start every two hours starting at 15:00
on August 3, 2004.
The default frequency value is set at 6 and the date and
time for the task to start is automatically copied from the
current system date and time of your computer.
o The procedure for the task to start if the client computer is
unavailable (turned off, disconnected from the network,
etc.) or if the application is not opened at the time specified
by the schedule.
Check the Run missed tasks box to make the system at-
tempt to start a task next time the application is opened on
this client computer.
If this box is not check (the default status), tasks on the cli-
ent computers will only be started according to the sched-
ule.
o A variation of the scheduled time during which the task will
be started on the client computers. This ability is provided
in order to solve the problem of simultaneous calls of the
Administration Server by numerous client computers when
the task is launched.
Check the Randomize the task start time box and specify
time (in minutes) so that the client computers call the Ad-
ministration Server during a certain time interval after the
task is started, rather than simultaneously.
By default this box is unchecked.
If you set up the task to start Daily (Figure 81), specify the
following: