Feature Request: Monthly Scheduling

Question

For monthly scheduled tasks, I would like to see "day" changed to a drop down list like so:
On the [number] [day] of each month at [time]

Some examples:
On the [15th] [day] of each month at [2:00 PM]
On the [2nd] [Tuesday] of each month at [2:00 PM]

Also, perhaps adding a "yearly" schedule with the following options:
On [month] [day]
On the [number] [day] of [month]

Examples:
On [April] [1]
On the [1st] [Monday] of [April]

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for the suggestion. We'll add this to our TODO list.

As to the "yearly" schedule and On the [number] day of [month] option, you can implement this with the current functionality. For example, you can set up a monthly Scheduled Task that runs on the day of month that you need, and then check with the help of the If PowerShell returns True condition whether the current month is the month that you need. So, as in your example, if you need to run a Task on April 1 each year, you can set up a Scheduled Task that runs on the 1st day of each month, and then check in the condition whether the current month is April. To create such a Scheduled Task:

1. Create a new Scheduled Task.

2. On the 2nd step of the Create Scheduled Task wizard, select Monthly and On the 1st day of each month.

3. Select the desired time and click Next.
   

4. On the 4th step, add the actions that you want the task to perform.

5. Click the Add Condition button.
   

6. Select the If PowerShell script returns True condition and paste the following script:
   

    $currentMonth = [System.DateTime]::Now.Month
    $Context.ConditionIsMet = ($currentMonth -eq 4)
   

7. Finish creation of the Scheduled Task.

Comments

Thanks. I can't think of any yearly tasks I would schedule right now, but can think of a good use for the monthly one.

Microsoft patches come out on the second Tuesday every month. I could create a task to add users to the admin group to help with patching, then remove them.

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OK, good point. We'll think on implementing this in the future versions.