Defining Control Execution Calendars
To define periodicity of control execution, you must specify the steering calendar to be used.
You can specify the control execution steering calendar only after having created the questionnaire (that is to say control steps). See Defining Questions on Controls.Specifying a control steering calendar
To specify a steering calendar:
1. In the properties of a control, select the Execution page from the drop-down list.
2. Ensure you have properly created a questionnaire template.
3. Select an Execution Frequency.
This field is for information only.4. Select a Steering Calendar.
Different steering calendars exist for different execution periodicities:
• daily
• monthly
• weekly
You can create a steering calendar if none of those supplied as standard is suitable.Creating and configuring a steering calendar
To create a steering calendar:
1. In the control properties, select the Execution page.
Ensure you have properly created a questionnaire template. See Defining Questions on Controls.2. Expand the Execution Method section.
3. In the Steering Calendar field, click Create a steering calendar.
4. In the wizard that opens, connect a Steering Date (which corresponds to the execution frequency of interest to you).
5. Open the steering date properties dialog box and select the Scheduling tab.
6. Specify the information required for starting the campaign including:
• start and end dates for execution campaigns
Begin and end dates specified on the steering calendar do constitute campaign start and end dates. They simply serve to define the interval within which assessment sessions can take place.It is recommended to use a relative begin date on the steering date.• start date and hour (defined in UTC format).
For details on possible configurations, see the section concerning the scheduler in the technical article "HOPEX Studio".7. Select Execute at start date & time if you wish to launch the campaign execution immediately.
If the check box is deactivated, the scheduler waits for the next recurrent date (and time) to trigger the job.