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Cron Expression

anuj1630
New Member

Hi,
I want a cron expression for executing a query every day @ 12:45PM. The cron expression I used is : 0 45 12 * * ?. But I am getting an error stating "invalid interval, must be an integer or cron expression". Please help.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Cron strings are minute hour date month day so your example was telling Splunk to run the query at 45:00 on the 12th of every month. Try 45 12 * * *.

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hardikJsheth
Motivator

In addition to answer provided by @richgalloway, the cron schedule can't have more than five characters. For getting correct cron https://crontab.guru/ is good site.

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cpetterborg
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Weird Windoze does a 6th field, which does seconds. I suspect that is the source of the incorrect cron in the question. Go with Rich's answer.

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