# 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 the New Poller modal 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 Connection) |
| 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/Dk6VgKBXe6rYT8F9wuaY/blobs/2DQccxJogfmhXL6P26gs/icpg-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/Dk6VgKBXe6rYT8F9wuaY/blobs/L6JoKGmJHAuyruu2J0km/icpg-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. | '15' (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/Dk6VgKBXe6rYT8F9wuaY/blobs/fHU5k2r4JKzc6bCitSBG/icpg-poller-3.png)

**Save** the Poller.

In order to process and respond to the inbound Requests, we next need to configure our **Messages**.