After AutoMate™ launches a task (whether late or as scheduled), AutoMate™ will advance the date/time by the amount specified in the frequency settings. The Rescheduling options deal mainly with precision and late task handling. These options allow you to specify whether this task's next launch date time will be advanced starting from the time the task finished executing or relative to the date/time the task was originally scheduled.
Relative to its originally set Date/Time
This goes back to time-critical tasks, such as a task needing to run every hour at exactly the 15th minute of that hour. If the task is late due to the computer being shut down, choose this option.
Relative to the Date/Time the task was launched
On the other hand, if it is only important that the task run every 2 hours and not the exact time of day, then you would choose this option.
Disable the task
If the task is time critical and you would want to discontinue operation if the task is late, choose this option.
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