# 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:

| Field            | Description                                           | Value                                 |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Name\*           | The name of your Poller.                              | \<Your Name>                          |
| Poll processor\* | The Poll Processor to use when running this Poller.   | \<Your Poll Processor>                |
| Run              | The frequency at which the Poller should run.         | 'Periodically'                        |
| Run as           | Poller will run with credentials of specified user.   | \<Your Inbound user> (from Connetion) |
| Active\*         | Set to true to use this Poller record for processing. | \<true>                               |

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

*Your New Poller modal should look like this:*

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k/blobs/oYVv7RGoWwxyHY8Atdvu/ipcpg-parent-poller-1.png)

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

## Details

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

| Field       | Description                                                   | Value               |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Description | A description of what this Poller is for and/or how it works. | \<Your description> |

*Your Details form should look like this:*

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k/blobs/iXn8NXru5hZjuQepyB71/ipcpg-parent-poller-2.png)

Navigate to **Scheduling**.

## Scheduling

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

| Field             | Description                                     | Value                   |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Repeat interval\* | The interval at which the Poller should repeat. | '05' (Minutes)          |
| Starting          | The date/time the Poller should start.          | \<Your Start date/time> |

*\*This field is mandatory.*

*Your Scheduling form should look like this:*

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k/blobs/LgDjNz5p9jIvkl935qMn/ipcpg-parent-poller-3.png)

**Save** the Poller.

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