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title: Managing tasks
description: The PingDirectory server has a tasks subsystem that allows you to schedule basic administrative operations.
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revdate: September 13, 2023
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# Managing tasks

The PingDirectory server has a tasks subsystem that allows you to schedule basic administrative operations.

Although the server provides a full suite of [command line tools](pd_ds_available_cmdline_tools.html), several of these operations can be executed directly from the admin console. Learn more in the following:

* [Collecting support data from the admin console](pd_ds_collect_support_data_console.html)

* [Generating the server profile from the admin console](pd_ds_generate_server_profile_console.html)

* [Creating a file based access log publisher](pd_ds_new_log_publisher_console.html)

* [About recurring tasks and task chains](pd_ds_recurring_task_chains.html)

* [Scheduling LDIF export as a recurring task](pd_ds_schedule_ldif_export_console.html)