--- schema_version: "1" id: 8034ae70ab82a691079e09a50d2af5ea27a716f730e2c9b993bb6c10e864d0e9 title: Cron Expressions for Subscription Schedules collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/analytics/264-0-0/reports_subscription_reporting_cron.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.reports_subscription_reporting_cron.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: c48b93f3613d82cd9a31bef082187b1167fa1223ff2c0b1ae98fe025d50835c8 description: Subscription schedules are shown as a cron expression. Learn the basics of reading these statements. products: - Cross Cloud release: "264" --- # Cron Expressions for Subscription Schedules Subscription schedules are shown as a cron expression. Learn the basics of reading these statements. A subscription’s cron expression consists of six statements separated by spaces using this syntax: `Seconds Minutes Hours Day_of_month Month Day_of_week`. Each statement describes a part of the schedule. ## Parts of a Cron Expression
Cron Statement Values Special Characters
Seconds

0–59

Always 0 in subscriptions

 none
Minutes 0–59 none
Hours 0–23 , - * /
Day_of_month 1–31 , - * ? / L
Month

1–12

Designates Jan–Dec

 , - * /
Day_of_week

1–7

Designates Sun–Sat

 , - * ? / L #
## Special Characters
Character Function Example
,

Delimits a value.

Read as “and.”

 0 0 12 ? * 2,4,6 means “12:00 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.”
-

Specifies a range.

Read as “from... to...”

 0 0 8-14 ? * 1 means “each hour from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Sunday.”
*

Specifies all values.

Read as “every.”

 0 0 12 * * * means “12:00 PM every day.”
?

Specifies no specific value.

Read as “any.”

Appears only in Day_of_month and Day_of_week when a value is specified for one and not the other.

 0 0 12 1 * ? means “12:00 PM on the first of every month” (whatever day of the week that is).
/

Specifies increments.

The number before the slash specifies when the interval begins. The number after the slash is the interval.

 0 0 3/6 * * * in Hours means “every 6 hours starting at 3:00 AM every day.”
L

Specifies the end of a range.

Read as “last”.

Only appears in Day_of_month and Day_of_week. In Day_of_month, L means the last day of the given month.

In Day_of_week, L by itself is always Saturday. If combined with a number, it means the last of that type of day in the month. For example, 5L means the last Thursday of the month.

0 0 12 L */1 ? means “12:00 PM on the last day of the month” (*/1 means that this repeats on a monthly cycle).
#

Specifies the nth weekday of the month.

The value before the number sign is the weekday. The value after is the occurrence.

 0 0 12 ? * 5#2 means “12:00 PM on the second Thursday of every month.”
#### See Also - [Report on Subscriptions and Notifications](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.reports_subscription_reporting.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Combine subscriptions, actions, and conditions in a single joined report that shows who set up each subscription, the schedule and conditions, and the recipients and actions. Learn about the objects used in subscription reporting and the cron expressions for subscription schedules.")