Workflow schedules

A workflow schedule is an automatic way to start workflow instances at regular intervals of time.

A schedule is a sequence of “runs”: each time the schedule timer issues a trigger, the workflow schedule attempts to start a workflow instance. Depending on the schedule configuration, a new workflow instance may be started for each “run”. In some situations, a “run” may pass without having started a workflow:

If the workflow schedule is configured to skip if a workflow is already running
If the workflow schedule is paused

For details about the execution of the workflow schedules, see Manage workflow schedules.