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title: "Step 7. Set Backup Policy Schedule"
description: "[Applies only if you have not selected the Skip backup policy creation check box] At the Set backup schedule step of the wizard, choose one of the built-in schedules that will be used to run the backup policy: Hourly — select this schedule if you..."
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# Step 7. Set Backup Policy Schedule

[Applies only if you have not selected the **Skip backup policy creation** check box]

At the **Set backup schedule** step of the wizard, choose one of the built-in schedules that will be used to run the backup policy:

- **Hourly** — select this schedule if you want the backup policy session to be launched at the beginning of every hour.
- **Daily** — select this schedule if you want the backup policy session to be launched every day at 00:00 UTC.
- **Weekly** — select this schedule if you want the backup policy session to be launched every Sunday at 00:00 UTC.

You can change these settings later as described in section [Editing Backup Policies](editing_backup_policies.md).

::: tip

If you want Veeam Backup for Salesforce to start the backup policy for the connected Salesforce organization right after the initial configuration process completes, select the **Start backup policy after finish** check box. Note that the product will back up object records, fields and metadata. If you want to backup files, you must enable the backup of files and attachments when [editing the backup policy](editing_backup_policies.md#files).

:::

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