Automation scheduler doesn't know how many days a month has

[p0cket0m]

We have an automation that should run on every 1st of a month. However, the QAA scheduler doesn't know which month it is, it simply executes it every 30 days, which makes it unusable.

We really wonder who can use the setting Month (30d) effectively, because 1st of month is a very common und often needed requirement for a lot of use cases. With every month that has a 31st, it will shift away further and further from the 1st of month. And think about February... 

In Cloud Reporting instead, they implemented it correctly. So why not reusing this snippet of code for the scheduler in Automations too?

Also missing in QAA: quarterly, yearly, cron expression  

We spent a lot of time on our complex automation, but now we can't put it into production. 

We really hope Qlik will put more effort in designing QAA holistically and sustainable. It has a lot of interesting blocks and functionality, but the current scheduler devalues it and limits it's capabilities.

[Stuart_Wand]

Can I urge that this functionality is added asap to the next release.

I find it very strange that Automations cannot be triggered on the 1st day of the month.

[salmankojar]

Hi @p0cket0m , Until this feature is officially added to Qlik Automate, you can achieve your requirement of running Automations on the 1st of each month by using the Update Automation Schedule block.

For your convenience, I’ve attached an automation JSON file as a reference to help guide the setup. Hope this helps, and I’d be interested to hear how it works out for you!