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## Resource: About Scheduled Jobs

## Article: About Scheduled Jobs

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/build-a-custom-backend/scheduled-jobs/about-scheduled-jobs.md

## Article Content:

# About Scheduled Jobs

Scheduling jobs allows you to schedule code to run at specified intervals. If you have code you need to run on a recurring basis, you can automate the process and prevent the need for human intervention by scheduling a recurring job. You can create jobs to run on any backend function.

For example, you might create jobs that:

- Import or export data once a day
- Delete collection data that's no longer relevant once a week
- Send a status report to relevant parties once a month
- Process batch operations during off-peak hours
- Generate reports or analytics summaries

## Supported IDEs

You can schedule recurring jobs using:

- The [editor](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/code-editor/about-the-code-editor.md) (Wix Studio and Wix Editor)
- The [Wix IDE](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/wix-ide/about-the-wix-ide.md) (Wix Studio)
- Your [local IDE](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/git-integration/about-git-integration-with-wix-cli.md) (Wix Studio and Wix Editor)

## Times

You can schedule jobs to run on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

All times in jobs are [UTC time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time). To calculate the UTC equivalent of your local time, find your location's UTC time offset. Then either add or subtract to your local time based on the offset.

For example, the Eastern Time Zone has an offset of -5, meaning it's 5 hours behind UTC time. To convert Eastern Time to UTC, add 5 hours.

The job runs within 5 minutes of the specified time.

## Limits

The number and frequency of jobs you can schedule depends on whether you have a [free site](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/maintain-your-site/scale-your-site/about-code-on-free-sites.md) or a [premium plan](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/maintain-your-site/scale-your-site/about-premium-plans.md):

- **Free sites and most premium plans:** You can add up to 20 scheduled jobs that run at a minimum of 1 hour intervals.
- **Elite and Business Elite premium plans:** You can add up to 30 jobs that run as frequently as once every 5 minutes.

## Config tool

To simplify the process of building your `jobs.config` file, you can use this 3rd-party [Jobs Config tool](https://shoonia.github.io/jobs.config). It allows you to enter the details of your jobs and builds the jobs object for you. The tool also includes a validator that can check your existing `jobs.config` file for errors.

## See also

- [Schedule recurring jobs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/build-a-custom-backend/scheduled-jobs/schedule-recurring-jobs.md)
- [Jobs: JSON object](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/build-a-custom-backend/scheduled-jobs/scheduled-jobs-json-object.md)