Advanced Generation Settings

The Advanced Generation Settings in DATAMIMIC let you configure task type and optional scheduling for generation runs. Open the dialog by clicking the icon to the right of Generate. The UI is a single dialog panel (no tabs).

Advanced Generation Mode

Advanced Generation Mode

Dialog Fields

Task Type

Choose how the generation task should run. The list includes standard runs, infinite runs, and timed runs (for example timed_5min, timed_30min, timed_1hour, timed_4hour, timed_8hour, timed_24hour).

You can also enable Save this task type to project config "Config Run" to make the selected task type the default for future runs in this project.

Schedule (cron, optional)

Use a 5-field cron expression to schedule recurring runs. Leave the field empty to run immediately.

The dialog shows a human-readable schedule summary and the next run time when the cron is valid. When a valid cron is present, the primary action switches to Schedule; otherwise it stays Generate.

Cron Syntax Examples

Syntax	Description
* * * * *	Run every minute.
0 * * * *	Run at the beginning of every hour.
0 0 * * *	Run daily at midnight.
0 0 * * 0	Run every Sunday at midnight.
0 0 1 * *	Run at midnight on the first day of every month.
0 12 * * MON-FRI	Run at 12:00 PM (noon) every Monday through Friday.
*/5 * * * *	Run every 5 minutes.