Actions

An action is a document that performs a single command (capture items, merge layers, verify an archive, and so on). A saved action can be run manually or scheduled to run automatically at regular intervals.

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By creating and scheduling actions, you can completely automate the regular day-to-day chores needed to keep your data safe.

Creating actions Steps

Note: the capture assistant will create set of actions to automate the regular capture and maintenance of an archive. If you are new to actions, start by using the capture assistant. You can later modify the actions created by the assistant to suit your needs, or simply delete them and start over.

To create a new action, do one of the following:

choose File ➤ New ➤ Action… from the menu
click the New Action button () in the toolbar
click the + button at the bottom of the Actions window

Configure the action's archive, command, and any necessary details.

Schedule the action to run automatically, if desired.

You can optionally add conditions to the schedule and specify scripts to execute before/after the action.

Actions Window

All of your actions appear in the actions window. To see your actions, choose Window ➤ Actions.

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The actions specific to an archive will also appear in its actions sidebar:

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Editing Actions

To edit actions in the Actions window:

To edit an action, double-click it or click the edit () button.
To delete an action, select it and press the Delete key or click the – button.
To duplicate an action, select it and click the copy () button.

For actions in an archive window sidebar:

Edit it by expanding the action or choosing Edit or Edit in Separate Window… from the action () button.
Delete an action by choosing Delete… from the action () button.

Custom Title

You may optionally provide a custom title for your action.

Your custom title will appear in the actions window, monitor window, log, and elsewhere.

If you do not provide a title, QRecall will use a functional description of the action (for example, "Capture volume Travel Photos to Safe Keeping"). To restore the action's generic title, clear the custom title field.

Action, Schedule, Conditions, …

Choose the action (capture, cascade, merge, rolling merge, compact, verify, or repair) to be performed.

Optionally schedule the action to run at a specific time or in response to an event. A schedule can be tempered by conditions and make power management requests.

An action can also execute a script before and/or after the action runs.

Running Actions

Actions can be run manually or scheduled to run automatically.

You can manually run an action once, starting it either immediately or at a specific time in the future.

Running actions manually Steps

Select one or more actions in the actions window.

	Choose the Action ➤ Run Immediately command to run the action(s) now.
	Choose Action ➤ Run At… to run the action(s) at a particular time.
	Choose Action ➤ Cancel Run to abandon a Run At… that hasn't started yet.

Each action has only one "run at" time. Using the Run At… command on an action that is already set to run at a particular time will simply change the time that it runs.