Scheduling R Script

Question

I have written an R script that pulls some data from a database, performs several operations on it and posts the output to a new database.

I would like this script to run every day at a specific time but I can not find any way to do this effectively.

Can anyone recommend a resource I could look at to solve this issue? I am running this script on a Windows machine.

Answer 1

You can use Task Scheduler on Windows to schedule an R Script as follows:

• Open Task Scheduler in All Programs

• Create a new task

• Under the Actions tab, create a new action

•  Choose Start Program

• Browse to the R script that you want to schedule

• Input the name of your file in the arguments field

• Input the path where the script is to be found in the Start in field

• Go to the Triggers tab

• Create a new trigger

• Choose that task should be done each day, month, ... repeated several times, or however you like