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StartScheduledTask[obj]

starts the local or cloud scheduled task represented by obj.

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StartScheduledTask

StartScheduledTask is being phased out in favor of TaskResume, which was introduced experimentally in Version 11.2.

StartScheduledTask[obj]

starts the local or cloud scheduled task represented by obj.

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Basic Examples  (4)

Temporarily stop the task:

Non-synchronized tasks:

Better synchronization:

Create a task with random wait periods:

Create a task that restarts evaluation as soon as it finishes:

Scope  (1)

Use StartScheduledTask to recommence scheduled executions of a cloud scheduled task or document generator:

Resume scheduled executions:

Delete the task:

Wolfram Research (2010), StartScheduledTask, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html (updated 2014).

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Wolfram Research (2010), StartScheduledTask, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html (updated 2014).

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Wolfram Language. 2010. "StartScheduledTask." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2010). StartScheduledTask. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_startscheduledtask, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StartScheduledTask}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_startscheduledtask, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StartScheduledTask}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StartScheduledTask.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}