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Proper Syntax - Cron Job Expression Every Hour at 15 Mins Past The Hour

SplunkLunk
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Greetings,

Trying to create a scheduled alert in Splunk using "Run on Cron Schedule". If I want to run a cron job every 60 minutes at 15 minutes past the hour, what would the proper syntax be in Splunk? Thanks.

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elliotproebstel
Champion

The syntax you need for that is:
15 * * * *

I find this page useful:
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucrontab.htm

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elliotproebstel
Champion

The syntax you need for that is:
15 * * * *

I find this page useful:
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucrontab.htm

SplunkLunk
Path Finder

Well, that was easy. Thanks.

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elliotproebstel
Champion

Happy to help! 🙂

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