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# Maintenance Plan (Subplan Properties)
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  Use the **Maintenance Plan (Subplan Properties)** dialog box to specify a name, description, and schedule for a maintenance plan subplan. Click **Subplan Properties** on the maintenance plan **Design** tab or double-click a subplan in the designer grid to display this dialog box.  
  
## Options  
 **Name**  
 Enter a name for the subplan. The name is limited to 128 characters.  
  
 **Description**  
 Enter a description for the subplan. The description is limited to 512 characters.  
  
 **Schedule**  
 Click the schedule icon to specify when the subplan tasks should run, or click the schedule icon with a red x to remove the existing subplan schedule.  
  
## See Also  
 [Maintenance Plans](../../relational-databases/maintenance-plans/maintenance-plans.md)