Optional properties for calendar frequency

Interval: Value and Unit

The time for which future sample requests are generated.

The available units are:

• Seconds

• Minutes

• Hours

• Days

• Weeks

Offset Start: Value and Unit

The time interval for generating samples at a specific time of day. This option is only available if the interval unit is hours, days, or weeks.

If the interval unit is hours, this setting is the time offset from midnight for the first sample of the day.

If the interval unit is days or weeks, this setting is the time offset from midnight on Sunday for the first sample.

Start Delay (seconds)

After a job has started on an entity, the amount of time to delay the generation of the first sample. This option is only applicable when Offset Start is not being used to specify a time-of-day trigger.

Future Sample Generation: Value and Unit

The time interval for the MES middleware maintenance service to predict future samples for this frequency. If this field is empty, the MES middleware maintenance service predicts future samples up to the end of the current shift.