# Is there a way to force run a tick script before its batch time?

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-run-a-tick-script-before-its-batch-time/6342>\
**Category:** Kapacitor\
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-run-a-tick-script-before-its-batch-time/6342 "2018-08-23T16:04:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris.churilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/chris.churilo/32/2819_2.png) [@chris.churilo](https://community.influxdata.com/u/chris.churilo)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-run-a-tick-script-before-its-batch-time/6342/1 "2018-08-23T16:04:31Z")

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So I have a tick script that runs every hour. Can I make it run now and see what the output is ?