Name
scatter, scatter, kPMElementScatter — Seconds, plus and minus, to scatter a date and time by.
Synopsis
scatter
: integer, default, range 60..43200
Description
Seconds, plus and minus, to scatter a date and time by.
An absolute date can be scattered to provide a degree of randomness. This randomness can be useful to scatter triggers across a range of times without needing to individually adjust each trigger.
Scatter is a seconds value representing the number of seconds, plus and minus, a date and time can be adjusted by. A scatter of 600 seconds, can scatter a 07:00 date between 06:50 and 07:10.
scatter
is an integer. If scatter
is omitted, the default 300
is used. scatter
must be between 60
and 43200
, inclusive.