Run a cron job every 15 minutes
“At every 15th minute.”
Quarter-hour scheduling (:00, :15, :30, :45) matches how businesses think about time, which makes it the default for reporting pipelines that feed humans. 96 runs a day is also gentle enough for most third-party API quotas.
*/15 * * * *Next 5 runs
Computing from your local clock…
Field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | */15 | every 15 starting from 0 |
| Hour | * | every value |
| Day of month | * | every value |
| Month | * | every value |
| Day of week | * | every value |
Typical uses
- Refreshing BI dashboards and KPI snapshots
- Importing data from partners who publish on quarter-hours
- Batching outbound notification digests
Related schedules
Need a different schedule? Build and test any cron expression with live explanation and next-run preview, or read the complete cron syntax guide.