Scheduling Automatic Updates 19 CHAPTER 4 Scheduling Automatic Updates The Integration Manager can be configured to automatically transfer data. Automatic transfers can be sched- uled to occur just once, or on a regular basis. You can schedule multiple automatic transfers, each with its own configuration file and schedule. Scheduling an Automatic Update Action To schedule an automatic update: 1.    Enter the data transfer settings you want to use. For information on how to do this, refer to Chapter 3, Transferring Data on page 12. 2.    Save the settings to a configuration file. For information on how to do this, refer to Saving Transfer Settings on page 16. 3.    Select the Automatic Update tab. 4.    Check the Enable Automatic Updates check box. 5.    Select New Action to create a new automatic update action. 6.    Enter a Name for the action. 7.    Check the Enabled check box. Only enabled update actions are carried out. 8.    Use the  Browse... functionality to select the configuration file saved in step 2. 9.    From the Update Time drop-down list, select the time of day when the update should occur.   10.  Specify whether the update should occur once or on multiple occasions: To schedule an update to occur just once: a.    Select the Update once on option. b.    Select the date when you want the update to occur. To schedule the update to occur on a regular basis: a.    Select the Update regularly starting on option. b.    Select the date when you want the first update to occur. c.    Specify the interval at which the update will occur: Scheduled updates will occur even if the Integration Manager is not running at the time of the transfer. You may open and close the Integration Manager while automatic updates are occurring without im- pacting the update. You can create multiple actions. This allows you to update different projects at different times. You can preview the settings contained in the configuration file by selecting the Preview but- ton. You can schedule multiple update actions to occur at the same time. The order of updates in the Schedule Actions list box determines the order in which the updates occur. Use the arrow buttons to adjust the order of the actions in the list box.