Modifies a scheduled task.

Description

You can use the following parameters to specify the scaling method of a scheduled task:

  • If you use the ScheduledAction parameter, you must select an existing scaling rule for the scheduled task.
  • If you use the ScalingGroupId parameter, you must specify at least one of the minimum number, maximum number, and expected number of instances in the scheduled task for a scaling group.
Note You cannot specify the ScheduledAction and ScalingGroupId parameters at the same time.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifyScheduledTask

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyScheduledTask.

ScheduledTaskId String Yes edRtShc57WGXdt8TlPbr****

The ID of the scheduled task.

ScheduledTaskName String No scheduled****

The name of the scheduled task. The name must be 2 to 64 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.). The name must start with a letter or a digit. The name of the scheduled task must be unique in the region and within the Alibaba Cloud account.

Description String No Test scheduled task.

The description of the scheduled task. The description must be 2 to 200 characters in length.

ScheduledAction String No ari:acs:ess:cn-hangzhou:14069264****:scalingrule/asr-bp12tcnol686y1ik****

The scaling rule that you want to execute when the scheduled task is triggered. Specify the unique identifier of the scaling rule. If you specify the ScheduledAction parameter, you must select an existing scaling rule.

Note You cannot specify the ScheduledAction and ScalingGroupId parameters at the same time.
RecurrenceEndTime String No 2014-08-20T16:55Z

The end time of the scheduled task. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ format. The time must be in UTC. You cannot enter a time point later than 365 days from the scheduled task modification.

LaunchTime String No 2014-08-18T10:52Z

The point in time at which the scheduled task was triggered. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ format. The time must be in UTC. You cannot enter a time point later than 90 days from the scheduled task modification.

  • If you specify the RecurrenceType parameter, the task is repeatedly executed at the time point that is specified by the LaunchTime parameter.
  • If you do not specify the RecurrenceType parameter, the task is executed only once at the time point that is specified by the LaunchTime parameter.
RecurrenceType String No Daily

The interval at which the scheduled task is repeatedly executed. Valid values:

  • Daily: The scheduled task is executed once every specified number of days.
  • Weekly: The scheduled task is executed on each specified day of a week.
  • Monthly: The scheduled task is executed on each specified day of a month.
  • Cron: The scheduled task is executed based on the specified cron expression.

After you modify the scheduled task, the values that you specify for the RecurrenceType and RecurrenceValue parameters must be valid at the same time.

RecurrenceValue String No 2

The number of recurrences of the scheduled task.

  • If you set the RecurrenceType parameter to Daily, you can specify only one value. Valid values: 1 to 31.
  • If you set the RecurrenceType parameter to Weekly, you can specify multiple values. Separate them with commas (,). For example, the values that correspond to Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
  • If you set the RecurrenceType parameter to Monthly, you can specify two values in the A-B format. Valid values of A and B: 1 to 31. B must be greater than or equal to A.
  • If you set RecurrenceType to Cron, you can specify a cron expression. A cron expression is written in UTC time and consists of the following fields: minute, hour, day, month, and week. The expression can contain wildcard characters, including commas (,), question marks (?), hyphens (-), asterisks (*), number signs (#), forward slashes (/), and the letters L and W.

After you modify the scheduled task, the values that you specify for the RecurrenceType and RecurrenceValue parameters must be valid at the same time.

TaskEnabled Boolean No true

Specifies whether to enable the scheduled task. Valid values:

  • true: enables the scheduled task.
  • false: disables the scheduled task.

Default value: true.

LaunchExpirationTime Integer No 600

The time period during which the failed scheduled task can be retried. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 0 to 1800.

Default value: 600.

MinValue Integer No 0

The minimum number of instances in the scaling group if you specify the ScalingGroupId parameter.

MaxValue Integer No 10

The maximum number of instances in the scaling group if you specify the ScalingGroupId parameter.

DesiredCapacity Integer No 10

The expected number of instances in the scaling group if you specify the ScalingGroupId parameter.

Note You must specify the DesiredCapacity parameter when you create the scaling group.
ScalingGroupId String No asg-bp18p2yfxow2dloq****

The ID of the scaling group whose number of instances is changed when the scheduled task is triggered. If you specify the ScalingGroupId parameter, you must specify at least one of the MinValue, MaxValue, and DesiredCapacity parameters.

Note You cannot specify the ScheduledAction and ScalingGroupId parameters at the same time.
RegionId String No cn-hangzhou

The region ID of the scaling group.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://ess.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifyScheduledTask
&ScheduledTaskId=edRtShc57WGXdt8TlPbr****
&ScheduledTaskName=scheduled****
&Description=Test scheduled task.
&ScheduledAction=ari:acs:ess:cn-hangzhou:14069264****:scalingrule/asr-bp12tcnol686y1ik****
&RecurrenceEndTime=2014-08-20T16:55Z
&LaunchTime=2014-08-18T10:52Z
&RecurrenceType=Daily
&RecurrenceValue=2
&TaskEnabled=true
&LaunchExpirationTime=600
&MinValue=0
&MaxValue=10
&DesiredCapacity=10
&ScalingGroupId=asg-bp18p2yfxow2dloq****
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<ModifyScheduledTaskResponse>
    <RequestId>473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****</RequestId>
</ModifyScheduledTaskResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "RequestId" : "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

404

InvalidScheduledTaskId.NotFound

The specified scheduled task does not exist.

The error message returned because the specified scheduled task does not exist within the Alibaba Cloud account.

400

InvalidScheduledTaskName.Duplicate

The specified value of parameter

ScheduledTaskName

is duplicated.

The error message returned because the specified name of the scheduled task already exists.

400

ScheduledAction.RegionMismatch

The specified scheduled task and the specified scheduled action are not in the same Region.

The error message returned because the specified scaling rule and the specified scheduled task do not reside in the same region.