---
title: Activate scheduled job to create financial baselines
description: Activate and define a scheduled job to automatically create financial baselines for your planning items at a required cadence.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/baseline-scheduler-job.html
release: australia
product: Scenario Planning in SPW
classification: scenario-planning-in-spw
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure financials for planning items Strategic Planning, Configure, Portfolio Planning in Strategic Planning Workspace, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Activate scheduled job to create financial baselines

Activate and define a scheduled job to automatically create financial baselines for your planning items at a required cadence.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Scheduled Jobs**.

2.  Filter the name field to locate and open **Create Financial Baseline For Planning Items**.

3.  Select **Active** option to activate the schedule job.

4.  Edit the fields on the Scheduled Script Execution form to customize the job and meet your requirements.

    For more information about the field description and scripts, see [Automatically run a script of your choosing](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/t_ScheduleAScriptExecution.md#t_ScheduleScriptExecution).

5.  Select **Execute Now** to execute the scheduled job or select **Update** to save your changes.