How to Schedule a Transfer

This overview will show you how to use the Globus Web App or Globus CLI to schedule a transfer between collections.

Note

Scheduling a transfer creates a transfer timer which you can use to monitor and manage scheduled transfer tasks.

Web App

To schedule a transfer using the Globus Web App:

Log in to the Globus Web App at app.globus.org.
Open the File Manager by clicking the "File Manager" icon in the lefthand navigation menu.
Configure a transfer task that you wish to schedule, including the source and destination collections and the files to transfer.
Select the "Transfer & Timer Options" pulldown menu in the center of the page, just below the collection and path settings.
At the bottom of the pulldown menu, set a "Schedule Start" date and time, as well as a "Repeat" interval if desired.
Click the appropriate "Start" button underneath the collection and path settings to create the timer.

To create a transfer using the Globus CLI:

If you haven’t already, install the Globus CLI.
Log in to the Globus CLI by running the command:
```
globus login
```
Use the globus timer create command to create a timer. For example:
```
globus timer create transfer \
    6c54cade-bde5-45c1-bdea-f4bd71dba2cc:/~/ \
    31ce9ba0-176d-45a5-add3-f37d233ba47d:/~/ \
    --interval 1h30m \
    --stop-after-runs 2
```
This will create a timer that transfers files from the source collection to the destination collection every 1 hour and 30 minutes, beginning immediately (because --start was omitted), and stopping after 2 runs.
To view the status of your timer, run the command:
```
globus timer show <timer-id>
```
…where <timer-id> is the ID of the timer you created in step 3.