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Cron Scheduler Question

dmacgillivray
Communicator

Hello Splunk,

Whatis this cron schedule doing in Splunk? How often is this
statement below saying to run?

0 12 * * *

Thanks,
DM.

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linu1988
Champion

Hello dmacgillivray,
the cron schedule runs search every day at 12 PM. For more info and fun try the below link to know how cron schedule works.

_http://www.dataphyx.com/cronsandbox/cronsandboxgui.php

Thanks

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dmacgillivray
Communicator

Appreciate the quick responses !! 🙂

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dmacgillivray
Communicator

Thanks Everyone... I just wanted to be sure..

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ecambra_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

That should run at noon every day

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