Plex-Meta-Manager/docs/metadata/details/schedule.md
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Schedule Detail

The script is designed to run continuously and certain attributes can be scheduled using these attributes.

Below is an example of a scheduled library:

libraries:
  Movies:
    schedule: weekly(sunday)
    metadata_path:
      - file: config/Movies.yml
      - pmm: imdb
      - pmm: studio
      - pmm: genre
      - pmm: actor
    operations:
      mass_critic_rating_update: tmdb

Below is an example of a scheduled Metadata File, Overlay File, and Playlist File:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - file: config/Movies.yml
        schedule: weekly(monday)
      - pmm: imdb
        schedule: weekly(tuesday)
      - pmm: studio
        schedule: weekly(wednesday)
      - pmm: genre
        schedule: weekly(thursday)
      - pmm: actor
        schedule: weekly(friday)
    overlay_path:
      - schedule: weekly(saturday)
      - pmm: audio_codec
      - pmm: resolution
      - pmm: video_format
    operations:
      mass_critic_rating_update: tmdb
playlist_files:
  - file: config/Playlists.yml
    schedule: weekly(sunday)

Below is an example of a scheduled collection:

collections:
  TMDb Trending Weekly:
    tmdb_trending_weekly: 30
    sync_mode: sync
    schedule: weekly(sunday)
  TMDb Top Rated:
    tmdb_top_rated: 30
    sync_mode: sync
    schedule: 
     - monthly(1)
     - monthly(15)

Below is an example of a scheduled pinning collection:

collections:
  Christmas Movies:
    imdb_list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000096828/
    sync_mode: sync
    visible_home: range(12/01-12/31)

The scheduling options are:

Name Description Format Example
Hourly Update only when the script is run in that hour hourly(Hour of Day) hourly(17)
Daily Update once a day daily daily
Weekly Update once a week on the specified day weekly(Day of Week) weekly(sunday)
Monthly Update once a month on the specified day monthly(Day of Month) monthly(1)
Yearly Update once a year on the specified day yearly(MM/DD) yearly(01/30)
Range Updates whenever the date is within the range range(MM/DD-MM/DD) range(12/01-12/31)
Never Never updates never never
Non Existing Updates if it doesn't exist non_existing non_existing
All Requires that all comma separated scheduling options inside its brackets be meet in order to run all[Options] all[weekly(sunday), hourly(17)]
  • daily is the default when schedule isn't specified.
  • You can run the script multiple times per day but using the --time command line argument detailed on the Run Commands & Environmental Variables Page.
  • You can have multiple scheduling options as a list.
  • You can use the delete_not_scheduled setting to delete Collections that are skipped due to not being scheduled.