[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[schedule-now-transform]]
= Schedule now {transform} API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Schedule now {transform}</titleabbrev>
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Instantly runs a {transform} to process data.

[[schedule-now-transform-request]]
== {api-request-title}

`POST _transform/<transform_id>/_schedule_now`

[[schedule-now-transform-prereqs]]
== {api-prereq-title}

* Requires the `manage_transform` cluster privilege. This privilege is included
in the `transform_admin` built-in role.

[[schedule-now-transform-desc]]
== {api-description-title}

When you run this API, processing for the next checkpoint is started immediately 
without waiting for the configured `frequency` interval. The API returns 
immediately, data processing happens in the background. Subsequently, the 
{transform} will be processed again at `now + frequency` unless the API is 
called again in the meantime.

[[schedule-now-transform-path-parms]]
== {api-path-parms-title}

`<transform_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=transform-id]

[[schedule-now-transform-query-parms]]
== {api-query-parms-title}

`timeout`::
(Optional, time)
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to `30s`.

[[schedule-now-transform-examples]]
== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
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POST _transform/ecommerce_transform/_schedule_now
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// TEST[skip:setup kibana sample data]

When the {transform} is scheduled now, you receive the following results:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
----