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mahesh27
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we are trying to set up a cron schedule on alert to run only on weekends(sat and sun) at 6am, 12pm, 8pm , 10pm
i tired giving below cron in Splunk, it is saying invalid cron, can any one help on this??

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

7 is a non-standard day number.  Try

0 6,12,20,22 * * 0,6
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

7 is a non-standard day number.  Try

0 6,12,20,22 * * 0,6
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

mahesh27
Communicator

Hi @richgalloway @isoutamo ,

thank you for the information and help.

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
As already mentioned all those numbers are from 0 to something not 1 to something!
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