Schedule Background Jobs

If a scheduled task takes longer than the interval in which it’s scheduled to recur, Dayforce doesn't run the job at the next scheduled time, but skips the job until the next time scheduled. This prevents a scheduled task from running concurrently and causing potential performance issues. For example, say you have a job that is scheduled to run every hour on the hour. If that job starts at 12:00 PM and runs late to 1:05 PM, Dayforce skips the 1:00 PM scheduled time, but picks up again at 2:00 PM. This doesn't affect tasks that are launched on-demand.

To schedule a background job:

1. Go to System Admin > Background Jobs and click the Available Jobs tab.
2. Select the background job that you want to schedule.
3. Click Schedule. In the dialog box that opens:
   1. In the Job Parameters tab, select and set the necessary settings for running the background job. Optionally, click Apply from Last Run or Apply from Last Scheduled Run to apply settings from previously-run background jobs to the one you’re scheduling. After you have configured the necessary settings, click Next.
   2. In the Schedule tab, select and set the desired schedule settings. When you have configured the necessary schedule settings, click Next.
   3. In the Confirmation tab, review the job settings and schedule settings. You can enter a name or detail in the Friendly Schedule Name field to make finding the job easier once it’s scheduled. To make changes, click Previous to return to the Job Parameters and Schedule tabs.
4. Click Finish. Dayforce adds the background job to the Scheduled Jobs tab.