Scheduling Identity Finder to Automatically Run

When enabled, the Automatically Run Identity Finder Periodically setting allows Identity Finder to automatically execute based on the schedule you specify.  By default, if you do not specify a schedule, Identity Finder will run every Saturday night at 11:00pm.

 

 

To specify a different schedule, click the Configure button to open the Configure Scheduled Task dialog box.

 

First, choose Schedule Task and specify how often and when the task will execute:

 

 

Second, choose your Search Options for what to search for and where to search:

 

Note each of the features below are described in detail on their Settings pages.

 

 

Third, when you click OK or Apply, you must type in the username and password you use to log into Windows.  

 

Note:  When you schedule a task in Windows, it requires your user name and password to allow that program to run as you.  Identity Finder does not store your username and password, rather it simply passes them to the Windows system.  When you click OK or, if you click Set Password in the Advanced options, you will see the Scheduled Task Account Settings dialog box:

 

 

To view or change these settings, click the Settings button on the Tools and Options ribbon.