Scheduled Tasks

We run scheduled tasks to make sure certain things happen regularly. For example:

• PHI copy automation
  • used to run on scanner computer, then manager computer, then was finally discontinued during COVID when no one was there to log on; the script now runs as part of push/pulling (eg Pull down centralized data.vbs)

Accessing scheduled tasks

Click on

• Start Menu
• Settings
• Control Panel
• Scheduled Tasks
• Click the task you want to change
• to disable task, e.g. going on vacation:
  • uncheck the "Enabled" checkbox and click OK
• to see/change the schedule
  • click the "Schedule" tab...

Vacation process

If you run a scheduled task on your computer while you are on vacation, the task may lock up the target application if something goes wrong. So, it's a good idea to hand the task over to someone else before you go. Book in your calendar to re-set to regular for upon return.