You schedule tasks in webMethods Business Console, or using the Task Engine built-in and RESTful services.

When you create a task instance, you can specify the date and time when the task instance starts. If you specify a schedule for the new task instance, the task instance will be in Scheduled state, and the task state will change to Active when the scheduled task starts at the specified time. If you do not specify a start time when you create a task, the newly created task will be in Active state.

For more information about working with scheduled tasks, see Working with webMethods Business Console.