{"id":27072,"date":"2021-03-17T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-0\/?p=27072"},"modified":"2021-03-17T06:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T06:42:55","slug":"alert-task-configuring-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-0\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/alert\/alert-task-configuring-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert Task \u2013 Configuring the Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As seen here<\/a>, alert tasks only reach out to a web service for data when the Bot makes a request. For each task, you need to define when, and how often the web service is queried for data for an alert message. You can define the scheduling options presented to the end-user when the task is set up, as well as the default schedule for the task.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n

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Configuring the Schedule for a Task<\/h4>\n

You need to configure the default settings for how often the task runs to request data from your web service. This topic describes how to configure the recurrence\u00a0for a task.
\nTo get started with defining the schedule to run a\u00a0task, on the Settings<\/strong>\u00a0tab, click the Expand<\/strong> icon in the Schedule<\/strong>\u00a0section as shown in the following illustration.
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\nTo configure the schedule for your task, you must\u00a0define the Trigger Interval Options<\/strong>, and then the Default\u00a0Trigger Interval.<\/strong> The\u00a0Default Trigger Interval<\/strong> is the elapsed time between the last task request and the next automated task request.
\nTo set the options displayed to the end-user, in the Trigger Interval Options<\/strong> section:<\/p>\n