HI Kuldeep, Thanks for the post. Need one help. I am trying to run the above example and checking for previous day date in input-events using <instance>${coord:current(-1)}</instance> But it is failing. When I use <instance>${coord:current(0)}</instance> then it runs successfully . here is my dryrun oozie output. Please help with hints/suggestions ***coordJob after parsing: ***<coordinator-app xmlns="uri:oozie:coordinator:0.1" name="my_Scheduler_5f" frequency="1" start="2016-08-17T23:40Z" end="2016-08-19T23:45Z" timezone="America/Los_Angeles" freq_timeunit="DAY" end_of_duration="NONE"> <controls> <timeout>30</timeout> </controls> <input-events> <data-in name="coordInput_1" dataset="input1"> <dataset name="input1" frequency="1" initial-instance="2016-08-17T00:00Z" timezone="America/Los_Angeles" freq_timeunit="DAY" end_of_duration="NONE"> <uri-template>${nameNode}/myHdfsPath/Finalpath1/${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}/00/</uri-template> <done-flag>_Complete</done-flag> </dataset> <instance>${coord:current(-1)}</instance> </data-in> <data-in name="coordInput_2" dataset="input2"> <dataset name="input2" frequency="1" initial-instance="2016-08-17T23:00Z" timezone="America/Los_Angeles" freq_timeunit="DAY" end_of_duration="NONE"> <uri-template>${nameNode}/myHdfsPath/Finalpath2/${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}/00/</uri-template> <done-flag>_Complete</done-flag> </dataset> <instance>${coord:current(-1)}</instance> </data-in> </input-events> <action> <workflow> <app-path>${nameNode}/myHdfsPath/My_POC/wf-app-dir</app-path> <configuration> <property> <name>date</name> <value>${coord:formatTime(coord:dateOffset(coord:actualTime(),-1,'DAY'), "yyyyMMdd")}</value> </property> </workflow> </action></coordinator-app>***actions for instance*** Question with full details. https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/52412/how-to-configure-oozie-coordinator-dataset-for-pre.html ... View more