PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Set the Schedule for a Timer Job

Scenario/Problem: You need to set or modify the schedule of a specific 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 ...