---
title: stack kb alerting post-alerting-rules-backfill-schedule cli command
description: Schedule a backfill for rules Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/alerting/post-alerting-rules-backfill-schedule
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb alerting post-alerting-rules-backfill-schedule cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb alerting post-alerting-rules-backfill-schedule [options]
```

Schedule a backfill for rules
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

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  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>