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How do you use cron schedule to run a report on the last day of every month?

AzmathShaik
Path Finder

Hello all,

I wanted to run a report on the last day of the month and send an email. Can some help me with cron value for it?

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harishalipaka
Motivator

Some cron implementations support the "L" flag to represent the last day of the month.

0 55 23 L * ?
That will run at 11:55 pm on the last day of every month.

Thanks
Harish
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vnravikumar
Champion

Hi @AzmathShaik

Create separate alert for

  1. February
  2. April, June, September, November
  3. January, March, May, July, August, October, December

    59 23 28-29 2 *

    59 23 30 4,6,9,11 *

59 23 31 1,3,5,7,8,10,12 *

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vnravikumar
Champion

Or else trigger an alert on 1st of every month with previous month data.

00 00 1 * *

earliest = -1mon@mon
latest= @mon
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