How do I schedule Sender FTP adapter?

Hi.
I have to run a number of weekly processes. I have to ensure that these processes are run night time only on thursdays.
These processes suppose to read from FTP. How could I schedule BPM this way ?
I tried to do it how it is described in the Siva Maranani's blog:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/weblogs.sdn?blog=/pub/wlg/1672. [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]
However it looks like FTP/FILE adapter can not be "read".
What would be the other option for me ?
Sincerely,
Evgeny.

Hi,
You can schdule any adapter (not only FTP)
1. Start the Runtime Workbench
2. Display All Components
3. Click on Adapter Engine
4. Click on Communication Channel Monitoring
5. Click on Availability Time Planning (upper right corner)
You can create different schedules for all communication channels defined.
Schedules can be of type daily, weekly, monthly or one-time. You can as well specify the start time, duration, etc. of each task
KR - Danny.
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