Set the Schedule for a Timer Job

Solution: Use the Set-SPTimerJob cmdlet.

Setting the schedule for a timer job can be facilitated by using the Set-SPTimerJob cmdlet. Execute the Start-SPTimerJob cmdlet with the Identity of the timer job or a timer job variable along with the Schedule parameter. Listing 4.27 shows a sample command line.

Listing 4.27. Setting the Schedule for a Timer Job

$timerJob = Get-SPTimerJob -Identity "DocIDEnable"
Set-SPTimerJob -Identity $timerJob -Schedule "Daily at 18:00:00"

The Schedule parameter is a string value but must conform to one of the following schedule string formats:

• Every X minutes between 0 and 59.

• Hourly between 0 and 59.

• Daily at hh:mm:ss.

• Weekly between <day> hh:mm:ss and <day> hh:mm:ss. (<day> is the three-letter day of the week: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, or Sat.)

• Monthly at dd hh:mm:ss.

• Yearly at <month> dd hh:mm:ss. (<month> is the three-letter month: Jan, Feb, Mar, and so on.)