---
title: Configure the scheduler service
description: Configure the Scheduler service for PingIDM, including thread pools, persistent schedules, and advanced properties
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# Configure the scheduler service

There is a distinction between the configuration of the scheduler service, and the configuration of individual scheduled tasks and events. The scheduler configuration *(tooltip: You can edit the scheduler configuration over REST at the openidm/scheduler endpoint, or directly in the conf/scheduler.json file.)* has the following format, and configures the Quartz Scheduler:

```json
{
    "threadPool" : {
        "threadCount" : 10
    },
    "scheduler" : {
        "executePersistentSchedules" : {
            "$bool" : "&{openidm.scheduler.execute.persistent.schedules}"
        }
    }
}
```

* `threadCount` specifies the maximum number of threads that are available for running scheduled tasks concurrently.

* `executePersistentSchedules` lets you disable persistent schedules for a specific node. If this parameter is set to `false`, the Scheduler Service will support the management of persistent schedules (CRUD operations) but it will not run any persistent schedules. The value of this property can be a string or boolean. Its default value (set in `resolver/boot.properties` ) is `true`.