dsccommunity / dsccommunity/ComputerManagementDsc
Add "Monthly" Trigger to ScheduledTask
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- PowerShell
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Description
Request:
ScheduledTask does not allow the ability to do a monthly trigger, with this functionality missing it makes it difficult to use DSC to create a task that runs on a specific day each month. This resource lacks feature parity with it's PowerShell/GUI alternatives.
Use case example:
Run a task on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Additional Notes:
This can be worked around somewhat by the suggestions in #173 but having to manage doing this through logic external to the resource seems counter productive to using something declarative like DSC.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the ScheduledTask resource and its existing trigger handling. Determine how monthly schedules, including the 3rd Monday example, should be represented in the resource; done means DSC can declaratively create and manage that monthly trigger with behavior matching the PowerShell or GUI alternatives.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100