# Parent Poller

A Poller is a configuration record which defines the frequency of polling and which logic to use (the logic itself is defined in the Poll Processor). Each time it is run, it creates a corresponding Poll Request record.

## New Poller

Click the **'Pollers' icon** & then **New**.

The fields to be configured for our Poller record are as follows:

<table><thead><tr><th width="174.93284985537372">Field</th><th width="272.3333333333333">Description</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Name*</td><td>The name of your Poller.</td><td>&#x3C;Your Name></td></tr><tr><td>Poll processor*</td><td>The Poll Processor to use when running this Poller.</td><td>&#x3C;Your Poll Processor></td></tr><tr><td>Run</td><td>The frequency at which the Poller should run.</td><td>'Periodically'</td></tr><tr><td>Run as</td><td>Poller will run with credentials of specified user.</td><td>&#x3C;Your  Inbound user> (from Connetion)</td></tr><tr><td>Active*</td><td>Set to true to use this Poller record for processing.</td><td>&#x3C;true></td></tr></tbody></table>

*\*These fields are mandatory, or automatically defaulted to true.*

*Your New Poller modal should look like this:*

![](https://605238050-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MQBk35gIi557UHt7QlJ%2F-MgoQe1NouScWHcZpjcM%2F-MgoSLVekTQJbn4Y22IN%2FIPCPG%20-%20Parent%20Poller%201.png?alt=media\&token=65d454ed-13e8-4930-b5a7-c78497a01709)

**Submit and view** to further configure the Poller.

## Details

The fields to be configured for the Details form are as follows:

<table><thead><tr><th width="155.3721839839484">Field</th><th width="373.08100502536047">Description</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Description</td><td>A description of what this Poller is for and/or how it works.</td><td>&#x3C;Your description></td></tr></tbody></table>

*Your Details form should look like this:*

![](https://605238050-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MQBk35gIi557UHt7QlJ%2F-MgoQe1NouScWHcZpjcM%2F-MgoUXKYvm61DZNrdXxW%2FIPCPG%20-%20Parent%20Poller%202.png?alt=media\&token=037f4195-37a7-4501-a401-a1694e682fff)

Navigate to **Scheduling**.

## Scheduling

The fields to be configured for the Scheduling form are as follows:

<table><thead><tr><th width="190.57879977565904">Field</th><th width="318.31081992246925">Description</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Repeat interval*</td><td>The interval at which the Poller should repeat.</td><td>'05' (Minutes)</td></tr><tr><td>Starting</td><td>The date/time the Poller  should start.</td><td>&#x3C;Your Start date/time></td></tr></tbody></table>

*\*This field is mandatory.*

*Your Scheduling form should look like this:*

![](https://605238050-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MQBk35gIi557UHt7QlJ%2F-MgoQe1NouScWHcZpjcM%2F-MgoV_Z9-AqioGcoScuy%2FIPCPG%20-%20Parent%20Poller%203.png?alt=media\&token=cac86f2b-01f5-41e8-890c-f71d0ca40b69)

**Save** the Poller.

In order to process the inbound Requests, we will utilise already configured **Inbound Messages**.