* 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.
30 14 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at half past two
View details →15 14 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at 2:30 PM
View details →45 2 * * 5 Every Friday morning at quarter to three
View details →45 14 * * 5 Every Friday at 2:45 in the afternoon
View details →15 2 * * 5 Every Friday morning at quarter past two
View details →0 14 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at 2 PM Eastern Time
View details →45 3 * * 5 Every Friday morning at 3:45 AM
View details →0 3 * * 5 Every Friday morning at 3 AM
View details →0 15 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at 3 PM
View details →0 15 5 ? * 6l Every Friday at 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time
View details →15 4 * * 5 Every Friday morning at quarter past 4 AM
View details →45 16 * * 5 Every Friday at 4:30 PM
View details →45 4 * * 5 Every Friday morning at quarter to five
View details →0 4 * * 5 Every Friday morning at 4 AM
View details →15 16 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at 4:15 PM
View details →0 16 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at 4 PM
View details →45 5 * * 5 Every Friday at 5:45 AM
View details →45 17 * * 5 Every Friday afternoon at quarter to six
View details →0 5 * * 5 Every Friday morning at 5 AM
View details →15 17 * * 5 Every Friday at quarter past five in the evening
View details →0 15 17 ? * 6l Every Friday at 5 PM
View details →15 6 * * 5 Every Friday morning at quarter past six
View details →30 18 * * 5 Every Friday at half past six in the evening
View details →0 18 * * 5 Every Friday at 6 PM
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