Understanding the Cron Expression generator

In Profilers > Profilers Details > Configuration > All Configurations, a cron expression can be used to define when the profiler schedule executes and visualizes the next execution dates of your profiling jobs.

The Unix (in Compute Cluster enabled environments) and quartz (in VM-based environments) cron expression uses the following typical format:

Each * in the cron represents a unique value.

VM-based environments
Compute Cluster enabled environments

The ? character is used for undefined day of the month and the day of the week.

Schedule: * * * * * ? *

For example, consider a cron with the following values:

1 2 3 2 5 ? 2021

This cron expression is scheduled to run the profiler job at:

03:02:01am,
                        on the 2nd day, in May, in 2021.

Cron Expression: 0 18 * * *

In this format the * characters represent the following units:Minute hour day(month) month day(week)

For example, consider a cron with the following values:

CRON Expression: 30 10 15 5 *

This cron expression is scheduled to run the profiler job at:

“At 10:30
                        on 15th day-of-month in May.”

Consider another example:

30 10 * 5 7

This cron expression is scheduled to run the profiler job at:

“At 10:30
                        on Sunday in May”

You can change the value of cron as and when it is required depending on how you want to schedule your profiler job.