Create Automated Jobs - Fleet Watch Telematics Docs Guide

To create a new job, follow the steps below.

Select the Jobs tab in the Main Menu.
Click New on the Jobs tab.
Select the resource in which the job should be stored.
Select the job type.
Set the parameters which depend on the selected job type and are described in the Job types section. In the case of the Send a command to units job, this step goes after the unit selection.
Select the unit or units for which you want to create the job. In the case of the Send a report by email job, you can select other system objects (users, resources, etc.) depending on the report type.
Specify the job execution parameters. Click OK.

Job parameters

The parameters of job execution are specified at the last stage of job creation.

The required parameters are marked with an asterisk (*).

Parameter	Description
Name*	The job name. It is displayed in the list of jobs and will be used as the subject of the email if the job is related to sending information by email, for example, reports.
Description	The job description. The text shouldn’t contain more than 10,000 characters. If a job has a description, it is displayed in the job tooltip. Use this to explain what the job is used for.
Execution schedule*	The schedule according to which the job should be carried out. To specify the schedule, use one of the options: Each N hours N minutes. This option allows specifying the frequency of job execution, that is, the job will be executed after the specified period of time. Example, 2 hours and 15 minutes will mean the job will be executed every 2 hours and 15 minutes. On schedule. This option allows creating a daily schedule of job execution. Time should be specified in a 24-hour format, hours:minutes or hours. You can indicate several time values using a space as a separator. For example: In this case, the job will be carried out at 8 a.m. and at 10 p.m. on the days selected in the Time limitation parameter, or every day if the limitation is not set.
Activation time	The date and time when the job should begin to be carried out according to the schedule. You can set this in advance if desired so the job will only start from the specified date onwards according to your schedule(s).
Max executions	The maximum number of the job executions after reaching which the job is automatically disabled. If this field is empty, the job is carried out until it is deleted or disabled manually.
Enabled	The job state. If this option is activated, the job is enabled after its creation, if not, it is automatically disabled. You can enable the disabled job in the list of the jobs interface.
Time limitation	The setting which allows specifying the time and selecting the days and/or months during which the job execution schedule should be fulfilled. For example, it may be fulfilled only on weekdays and within working hours, or only on odd days, and so on. For example, to reset the GPRS mileage counter, you can select the first day of each month, so that the counter is reset automatically at the beginning of each month.