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Repeating Scheduled Events for Drupal 7

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We're keeping this page up as a courtesy to folks who may need to refer to old instructions. We don't plan to update this page.

Alternate resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)

Sprout Video

This screencast shows how to repeat scheduled events – in this case sending repeated reminders to users who have not logged in for a month. The screencast covers:

  • How to set up a component for scheduling (as seen before)
  • The point of re-using an ID for scheduled tasks, to avoid duplicate reminders
  • The trick of finding a good triggering event for scheduling (which is not always easy)
  • The trick of having a component schedule itself upon completion, thereby repeating the scheduling
  • How to delete scheduled tasks, and why that may be a good idea

Additional resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)