# Customize Trigger Settings with a Generate Every Period

Generate Every is a special case period designation that can have a time or usage parameter.

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When a task has a Generate Every Period, the task no longer utilizes a repeating trigger. A new, one-off task will be created (with the same details as the task currently being created) whenever the previous task's parameters are met.</span>

### Generate Every Period with a Time Parameter

Select Generate Every on the Period dropdown menu. There are two options for a time parameter: Date or Mon-Fri.

Select Date on the Parameter dropdown menu to create a customized recurrence interval. Input a numerical value for the recurrence interval in the first text box and select the appropriate units (Days, Weeks, Months, or Years).

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Select Mon-Fri on the Parameter dropdown menu if the task should reoccur only on Monday – Friday.

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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Clicking YYYY-MM-DD, opens a calendar modal. Select the date the task is first due on. </span>

<p class="callout info">The task status will switch from green (or yellow if a warning is set) to red when it is past due, one day after the calendar date selected.</p>

If the Generate tasks in the past checkbox is selected, the system will recreate any tasks that have been missed or were deleted counting up from the selected date.

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Use prior period for label checkbox will append a label of the previous period to help clarify the task. </span>

<p class="callout info">An example use of this feature could be for a monthly reconciliation task of your bank account. In November, the task would state "Reconcile Checking Account for 2025-10 (Oct)."</p>

Click “Add Trigger” to save.

### Generate Every Period with a Usage Parameter

Select Generate Every from the Period dropdown menu. Select the specific meter the task is associated with on the Parameter dropdown menu.

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Input a numerical value for the usage recurrence interval in the first text box.

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Input a value for the meter that triggers the new task being due in the “first due at” textbox. </span>

<p class="callout info">The task status will switch from green (or yellow if a warning is set) to red after a “Log Asset Data” or “Update Meter Reading” records a usage value greater than the value entered here.</p>

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Input a numerical value for “warn at \_\_\_\_ left” to set meter reading that activates a reminder that the task is approaching. </span>

<p class="callout info">This turns a green current / up-to-date task status to a yellow warning.</p>

If the Generate tasks in the past checkbox is selected, the system will recreate any tasks that have been missed or were deleted counting up from the selected date.

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Use prior period for label checkbox will append a label of the previous period to help clarify the task. </span>

Click “Add Trigger” to save.