Wake the computer to run is a setting on each scheduled task, on by default for new tasks. While it is on, Oda keeps a wake entry for the task in Windows, so Windows can wake a sleeping computer before the task's next run. Waking is a Windows feature; on other systems the setting has no effect. To create or change tasks, see Schedule recurring tasks.
When you save a task with Wake the computer to run on, Oda registers a wake entry for it in Windows Task Scheduler. The entry is set to wake the computer about two minutes before the task's time. It only wakes the computer: it exits at once, and Windows allows it one minute. The run itself starts as any scheduled run does.
Oda registers and removes the entries for your signed-in user account, without administrator rights, and an entry never runs elevated.
Waking needs all of these:
A computer that is shut down does not start for a run: waking works from sleep, and a run also needs Oda running.
Open the task under Scheduled and read its wake status. It reports four things for this computer, and what each means for the next run:
may not wake for timers.Wakes the computer for the DataMind Oda scheduled task "…".The entries follow the task: Pause removes the entry, Resume registers it again, and Delete removes it for good. Oda also removes the entries when it closes and registers them again when it starts, so an entry exists only while Oda is running.
If wake timers are off, or the computer stays asleep, for example in Modern Standby, the slot passes and the run does not start. The run history records a skipped run with a reason you can read. For the reasons and what they mean, see Scheduled runs and history.
Waking needs all of these: the computer runs Windows, is plugged in, is signed in, and allows wake timers. A computer that sleeps in Modern Standby may also stay asleep. Check that Wake the computer to run is still on for the task, and read the wake status on the task page. If the computer slept through the slot, the run history records a skipped run and its reason; see Scheduled runs and history.
No. The entry starts only while the computer is plugged in, and it stops if the computer switches to battery. While you run on battery, Oda does not keep the wake entry registered. The task page reports the current battery state.
No. The entry runs only for your signed-in session, so it does not wake the computer from the sign-in screen.
No. A shut-down computer does not start for a run; waking works from sleep, and runs need Oda running. The slot is recorded as skipped instead, and missed slots are not caught up.
Open Task Scheduler and look under the DataMind Oda folder; the entries sit in a subfolder named with eight hexadecimal digits. Each entry is described as Wakes the computer for the DataMind Oda scheduled task "…". The entries exist while Oda is running.
may not wake for timers mean?It is the note for a computer that sleeps in Modern Standby, a low-power sleep mode on many laptops. Windows may not deliver timer wakes there, so the computer may stay asleep at a run's time. If the run must happen while you are away, keep the computer awake at that time.
Pause removes the task's wake entry and Resume registers it again. Delete removes the entry for good.
Yes. Open the task, turn Wake the computer to run off, and save. The task then runs only while the computer is awake and Oda is running. Turn the setting back on to register the entry again.
No. Oda registers and removes the entries for your signed-in user account, without an administrator prompt, and the entries never run with administrator rights.
No. The entry only wakes the computer, then exits; Windows allows it one minute. The task runs as any scheduled run does.