Schedule Your Nightly Apex Jobs

Overview

Scheduling The Nightly Apex Job

1. Click Setup.
2. Click Develop.
3. Click Apex Classes.

4. Click Schedule Apex.

5. Enter a meaningful Job Name.
6. Click on the search button to lookup the Apex Class.

8. Complete the remaining fields as described below:

• Frequency: Select Weekly.
• Recurs every week on: Select all of the days.
• Start: Type in or select the date on which you want the job to start running.
• End: Type in or select the date on which you want the job to stop running. You can make this date as far in the future as you want.
• Preferred Start Time: Select the time at which the job should run every day. You should select a time that falls within off-peak hours.

9. Click Save.

10. To check the status of an Apex job: Click Setup on your user menu > Monitoring >  Apex Jobs.