How do I set a schedule to be enabled by default?

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U060JC70DHC: I have successfully defined a schedule as such

    job=master_inventory_list_job,
    cron_schedule="*/3 * * * *", 
)```
It defaults to not enabled in the UI, I need to manually enable it to watch it work. How do I get around that in my code?
U0300665S8G: <@U018K0G2Y85> issue How do I set a schedule to be enabled by default?

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[zyd14]

It seems that the original conversation from slack got cut off, so here it is:

I have successfully defined a schedule as such

trip_update_schedule = ScheduleDefinition(
job=master_inventory_list_job,
cron_schedule="*/3 * * * *", 
)

It defaults to not enabled in the UI, I need to manually enable it to watch it work. How do I get around that in my code?

You can set a schedule to be enabled by default by using the default_status option:

from dagster import DefaultScheduleStatus, ScheduleDefinition

trip_update_schedule = ScheduleDefinition(
    job=master_inventory_list_job,
    cron_schedule="*/3 * * * *", 
    default_status=DefaultScheduleStatus.RUNNING
)

[martonmesz]

Why is the schedule disabled by default? Is there any justification for this?