Process chain in Pro server

Dear All,
After testing process chain in Dov server, I transported it into Quality, but it was not started.
So I scheduled in quality server and new request was generated for this.
1- Please suggest me is this the right way to schedule PC.
2- How to schedule PC in Production Server.
Regards
SSMS

Hi,
Go to Start of the Main chain
Click Change Selections
Give the start time of the chain
Make it periodic if you want to run in regular intervals( Ex Daily, Monthly)
Save the values
Click Activate & Schedule button in the PC screen.
Regards,
B

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