---
title: "Schedule statistics"
slug: "schedule-statistics"
tags: ["How-to", "Site Administrator", "Totara Platform"]
updated: 2023-07-05T07:31:34Z
published: 2023-07-05T07:31:34Z
canonical: "totara.help/schedule-statistics"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Schedule statistics

You can set when you want your statistics to run by following these steps:

1. Navigate to *Quick-access menu* *> Server > Scheduled tasks****.***
2. Click the cog icon (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/cog.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T12%3A48%3A23Z&se=2026-11-07T13%3A48%3A23Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=C3qv6oRdTxNTVREgY%2BtP6chSxF3ldR1x6Rp%2BBKP7TXw%3D)) next to **Background processing for statistics**.
3. Using the **Minute**, **Hour**, **Day**, **Month**, and **Day of the week** fields, determine when you want your statistics to be processed.
4. Click **Save changes**.

It may be a good idea to set up your statistics processing to run for a maximum of one hour, starting one hour before your automatic course backups take place. This can minimise resource usage and subsequent impact on your users by ensuring that the tasks do not overlap.

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