<h2>Create a scheduled job</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Create a scheduled job" /><meta name="abstract" content="Create a scheduled job on the Schedule Job [sysauto] table." /><meta name="description" content="Create a scheduled job on the Schedule Job [sysauto] table." /><meta name="DC.subject" content="scheduled job" /><meta name="keywords" content="scheduled job" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/reference-pages/concept/c_ScheduledJobs.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/intro-now-platform-landing.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/config-now-platform-core-features.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/time/time-configuration-landing.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/time/exploring-time-configuration.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/time/concept/c_SystemScheduler.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/time/reference/r_SpecialCasesInJobSchedules.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/time/task/t_ViewAScheduleItem.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/schedule-report.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/t_ScheduleTheGenerationOfAnEntity.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/t_ScheduleAScriptExecution.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="t_PersonalizeTheSystemDateFormat.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="t_SetASystemTimeZone.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../reference/r_SpecialCasesInJobSchedules.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="t_ViewAScheduleItem.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2024-02-01" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="t_CreateAScheduledJob" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Create a scheduled job</title></head><body id="t_CreateAScheduledJob"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/intro-now-platform-landing.html" title="As a platform administrator, you have the power of the ServiceNow AI Platform at your fingertips. The ServiceNow AI Platform is an application platform as a service that automates business processes across the enterprise.">Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/config-now-platform-core-features.html" title="The ServiceNow AI Platform provides for a multitude of customization options to your applications. Customize your UI, handle user and data administration, and localize your instance for time zones, currencies, and more.">Configure ServiceNow AI Platform Core Features</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/time/time-configuration-landing.html" title="A standard feature of the ServiceNow AI Platform, ServiceNow's time configuration system handles scheduling across your entire enterprise, enabling you to manage projects efficiently, track and schedule events, and more.">Time configuration</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/time/exploring-time-configuration.html" title="Time configuration helps you easily handle any necessary timing or scheduling aspects of your online enterprise.">Exploring time configuration</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/time/concept/c_SystemScheduler.html" title="The System Scheduler application contains two separate engines for scheduling: the Scheduled Jobs engine and the Schedules engine.">System scheduler</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Create a scheduled job</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Create a scheduled job on the Schedule Job [sysauto] table.</p> <div class="section prereq p" id="t_CreateAScheduledJob__prereq_w53_mwh_x1c"> <p class="p">Role required: admin</p> </div> <div class="section context">Create all new scheduled jobs using this method. </div> <ol class="ol steps" id="t_CreateAScheduledJob__steps_ScheduleAJob"><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">System Definition</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Scheduled Jobs</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the appropriate type of scheduled job.</span> <ul class="ul choices" id="t_CreateAScheduledJob__choices_ik5_xqv_45b"><li class="li choice">Automate the generation and distribution of a report</li><li class="li choice">Automatically generate something (a change, an incident, a ci, etc) from a template</li><li class="li choice">Automatically run a script of your choosing</li></ul> </li></ol> <div class="section result"> <p class="p">The fields presented depend on the type of scheduled job required.</p> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <ul class="ullinks"><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/schedule-report.html">Automate generation and distribution of a report</a></strong><br /> Generate and distribute scheduled reports via email.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/t_ScheduleTheGenerationOfAnEntity.html">Automatically generate something from a template</a></strong><br /> Schedule the generation of entities, which include changes, incidents, and CIs.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/reference-pages/task/t_ScheduleAScriptExecution.html">Automatically run a script of your choosing</a></strong><br /> Schedule both conditional and non-conditional scripts. If Domain Separation is installed in the instance, you can also select, filter, sort, and schedule scripts based on their assigned domains.</li></ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../administer/reference-pages/concept/c_ScheduledJobs.html" title="Scheduled Jobs are automated pieces of work that can be performed at a specific time or on a recurring schedule.">Scheduled jobs</a></div> </div> <div class="linklist relinfo reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/time/task/t_ViewAScheduleItem.html" title="You can view scheduled items, which are individual instances of a scheduled job, from the system scheduler.">View a schedule item</a></li><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="t_PersonalizeTheSystemDateFormat.html" title="You can personalize the format in which date values appear in your instance.">Personalize the system date format</a></li><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="t_SetASystemTimeZone.html" title="Set your system time zone with a system property.">Set a system time zone</a></li><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="t_ViewAScheduleItem.html" title="You can view scheduled items, which are individual instances of a scheduled job, from the system scheduler.">View a schedule item</a></li></ul></div> <div class="linklist relinfo relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/time/reference/r_SpecialCasesInJobSchedules.html" title="Some special cases require care in job scheduling.">Special cases in job schedules</a></li><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="../reference/r_SpecialCasesInJobSchedules.html" title="Some special cases require care in job scheduling.">Special cases in job schedules</a></li></ul></div> </div> </body></html></div>