Creating Recurring Appointments in the VDM Scheduler

Use a recurring appointment to run a saved Job on a repeating schedule. This example schedules Weekly Sales Summary every Tuesday from 1:30 PM to 1:40 PM.

Before You Begin

Create and save the Job you want to schedule. For instructions, see Creating a Job in VDM.

For automatic execution, make sure the Scheduler is configured and its service is running. See the VDM Scheduler Setup and Configuration Guide.

Create the Appointment

1. Select Scheduler from the bottom navigation.
2. Select Calendar under Automation.
3. Select the desired date and time slot.
4. Select New Appointment.
5. Enter a descriptive Subject, such as Weekly Sales Summary.
6. Add an optional Note to describe the appointment.
7. Select Recurrence on the Appointment ribbon.

Set the Recurrence

In the Appointment Recurrence window, configure the appointment time, recurrence pattern, and range.

Appointment Time

Set the Start and End times. In this example:

• Start: 1:30 PM
• End: 1:40 PM
• Duration: 10 minutes

Recurrence Pattern

1. Select Weekly.
2. Set Recur every to 1 week.
3. Select Tuesday.

Other available patterns include Minutely, Hourly, Daily, Monthly, and Yearly. The available settings change with the selected pattern.

Range of Recurrence

Set the Start date, then choose when the series should end:

• End by: End the series by a specified date.
• End after: End the series after a specified number of occurrences.
• No end date: Continue the series without a specified end date.

This example starts on September 22, 2026, with No end date selected.

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Weekly recurrence set for Tuesday, from 1:30 PM to 1:40 PM, with no end date.

Select OK to return to the appointment.

Select the Job

1. Select Select Jobs on the Appointment ribbon.
2. Check the Job you want the appointment to run. Use the search field if needed.
3. Select Finish.

In this example, the selected Job is WeeklySalesSummary.vdmj.

Select the saved Weekly Sales Summary Job for the recurring appointment.

Save the Appointment

Review the subject, note, and selected Job. To review or change the recurring schedule, select Recurrence.

The Weekly Sales Summary appointment is configured and ready to save.

Select Save And Close.

Verify the Recurring Schedule

1. Locate the appointment on the Calendar.
2. Use the Calendar navigation arrows to move to the following week.
3. Confirm that the appointment appears on the expected day and time.

Weekly Sales Summary appears on Tuesday, September 29, at 1:30 PM, confirming the weekly recurrence.

The Calendar confirms the scheduled dates. To check execution results after the scheduled time, see Monitoring Scheduler Activity Using Logs.

Related Articles

• Scheduling Jobs Using the VDM Scheduler
• Editing a Job in VDM
• Changing Execution Order in a Job