Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - DEVELOPMENT CLIENT REFERENCE 08-28-2009 Reference page 38

Field Name
Day of the Week
Year
So cron expressions can be as simple as this:
* * * * ? *
Or cron expressions can be more complex, like this:
0 0/5 14,18,3-39,52 ? JAN,MAR,SEP MON-FRI 2002-2010
Special Characters
Cron syntax incorporates logical operators, special characters that perform operations on the values
provided in the cron fields.
Special Characters in PlateSpin Orchestrate Cron Syntax
Table 3-3
Operator
asterisk (
*
question mark
(?)
dash ( )
-
comma (
,
slash ( / )
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Mandatory?
Yes
No
Purpose
) Specifies all possible values for a field
A question mark ( ?
day-of-month and day-of-week fields. It
is used to specify "no specific value,"
which is useful when you need to
specify something in one of these two
fields, but not in the other.
Specifies a range of values
) Specifies a list of values
Used to skip a given number of values
Allowed Values
1-7 OR SUN-SAT
EMPTY, 1970-2099
Example
An asterisk in the hour time field is
equivalent to "every hour."
) is allowed in the If you want a trigger to fire on a particular
day of the month (for example, the 10th), but
you don't care what day of the week that is,
enter
the day-of-week field. See the examples
below for clarification.
, which is equivalent to
2-5
1,3,4,7,8
*/3 in the hour time field is equivalent to
0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21
specifies "every hour," but the
only the first, fourth, seventh.
You can use a number in front of the slash to
set the initial value. For example,
means
Allowed special
Characters
, - * ? / L #
, - * /
10 in the day-of-month field, and
2,3,4,5
. The asterisk (
/3
2,5,8,11, and so on.
? in
* )
means
2/3