* 1703 schedules

Report Generation

* In Plain English

Schedules for generating and distributing automated reports and email digests.

* Scheduling Guide

Report generation schedules are typically timed to deliver results before the start of the business day — a 0 6 * * 1-5 schedule ensures the Monday–Friday morning report is ready before anyone opens their laptop. The schedule needs to account for the time the upstream data pipeline takes to complete: if the data warehouse finishes loading at 5 AM, scheduling the report job at 5:05 AM is a race condition. Add a buffer of 30–60 minutes and build in a data-freshness check at the start of the report job. For weekly digests, Monday morning delivery is conventional but Friday afternoon delivery gives teams a summary heading into the weekend — choose based on how the report is used. Always test that the report job handles empty result sets gracefully rather than sending a blank or erroring email.

45 8 1 * *

At 8:45 AM on the first day of every month

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0 0 8 1 * ?

Once a month on the first day at 8 AM

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0 30 9 l * ?

Once a month, on the first day at 9:30 AM

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30 9 1 * *

Once a month, on the first day, at 9:30 AM

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0 9 1 1 *

Once a month, on the first day at 9 AM

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0 0 9 1 * ?

Once a month, on the first day, at 9 AM

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0 0 9 l * ?

Once a month on the first day at 9 AM

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0 45 9 1 * ?

Once a month on the first day at 9:45 AM

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0 45 0 l * ?

Once a month, on the first day at 12:45 in the morning

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0 12 1 1 *

Once a month on the first day at noon

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cron(0 0 1 * ? *)

Once a month on the first day at midnight

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0 3 1 * *

Once a month on the first day, at 3 AM

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30 6 1 * *

Once a month, on the first day, at 6:30 AM

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15 0 1 * *

Once a month on the first day, at midnight

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0 0 1 ? * 6l

On the first Saturday of every month at midnight

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0 15 3 l * ?

Once a month on the first day at 3:15 PM

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15 16 1 1 *

Once a year on January first at quarter past four in the afternoon

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0 15 14 l * ?

Twice a day at 2:30 PM on the last day of the month

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30 22 * * 5

Every Friday at 10:30 PM

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30 11 * * 5

Every Friday at 11:30 AM

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0 23 * * 5

Every Friday at 11 PM

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30 3 * * 5

Every Friday morning at half-past three

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15 15 * * 5

Every Friday at quarter past three in the afternoon

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30 15 * * 5

Every Friday at 3:30 PM

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