# Elasticsearch Watcher scheduler
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [December 7, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135 "2021-12-07T14:53:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Bigbad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bigbad)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135/1 "2021-12-07T14:53:35Z")
Hello,
Is it possible to configure watcher for business days and hours
I have have watcher and I want it to run every 30mn from monday to friday and from 7h to 19h.
The next expression don't work
```auto
"cron":"*/30 7-19 * * 1-5"
```
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### Author:  [@preetish\_P](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/preetish_P)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135/2 "2021-12-07T17:30:41Z")
The syntax you are using is for Rufus scheduler. The syntax for watcher is slightly different.
Try this:
```auto
"0 */30 7-19 ? * 2-6"
```
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### Author:  [@Bigbad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bigbad)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135/3 "2021-12-08T11:13:17Z")
Thank you for the response.
@preetish_P
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-watcher-scheduler/291135/4 "2022-01-05T11:13:54Z")
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