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title: Event scheduling
description: You can use various tools for scheduling actions or tasks to happen in the future.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/time-configuration/c\_ScheduleEvents.html
release: australia
product: Time Configuration
classification: time-configuration
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [System scheduler, Explore, Time configuration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Event scheduling

You can use various tools for scheduling actions or tasks to happen in the future.

-   **Maintenance schedules**

    Changes to the CMDB can be managed through the Maintenance Schedules plugin, which enables changes to be proposed and viewed through a timeline.

-   **On-call rotation**

    The Group On-Call Rotation plugin enables a schedule to be defined to determine what users are primary contacts during particular hours of the day.

-   **Scheduled reports**

    Once you define reports, you can schedule them for emailing at a specific time, or at regular intervals, using the reporting interface.

-   **Scheduled workflows**

    Workflows provide a robust system for automating advanced multi-step processes. Workflows are triggered by conditions, like business rules, or they can be scheduled for a particular time/recurring schedule, like scheduled jobs.

-   **Scheduled jobs**

    Scheduled jobs are scripts you can specify should automatically generate at a specific date and time, or on a repeating basis.


-   **[Event registry](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/time-configuration/r_EventRegistry.md)**  
You can use events to schedule actions or tasks to occur when conditions are fulfilled.
-   **[Set an inactivity monitor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/time-configuration/t_SetAnInactivityMonitor.md)**  
You can set an inactivity monitor that triggers an event for a task record when the task has been inactive for a certain amount of time.

**Parent Topic:**[System scheduler](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/time-configuration/c_SystemScheduler.md)