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Schedule a Batch Data Transform
To make sure that the most up-to-date data is available by a particular time or to run a job during non-business hours, schedule a batch data transform.
- In your Tableau Next workspace, go to the Data Transforms section.
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Click
next to the data transform name, and then select Schedule Run.
Alternatively, click the data transform name to open it in the canvas, and then click
Schedule.
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Select the frequency and time interval.
- Day Intervals—When you schedule a transform to run on day intervals, the schedule is
based on the first day of the month.
For example, on April 19, you schedule a batch data transform to run every 10 days. From the first day of the month, 10 days ahead is April 11, and 10 days after April 11 is April 21, the first date after the schedule was set on April 19.
The transform runs on these dates: April 21, May 1, May 11, May 21, and May 31. On June 1, the schedule resets on the first day of the month and continues running every 10 days.
- Hourly Intervals—When you schedule a transform to run on hourly intervals, the schedule
begins at the specified start time and runs until the end of the day.
For example, at 8 PM, you schedule a batch data transform to run every 4 hours beginning at 6 PM each day. The transform starts running on the day that the user creates the schedule at the first interval after 6 PM. The transform runs at these times: 10 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM.
Even though you created the schedule at 8 PM, the batch data transform runs 4 hours after the defined start time of 6 PM, which is 10 PM. The next day, it runs at 6 PM, followed by a second run at 10 PM. Because the schedule completes at the end of the day, the transform doesn’t run again until the next day at 6 PM.
- Day Intervals—When you schedule a transform to run on day intervals, the schedule is
based on the first day of the month.
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Select the start time and time zone.
If a scheduled transform doesn’t finish before another run is set to begin, the second instance doesn’t run.
Note If you have batch data transforms created with an earlier version of the scheduler, the start times on the Record Details page are displayed in GMT, not the time zone of the user who scheduled it.
