Schedules allows you to streamline your testing process by letting your templates run automatically, either at a specified time or at a regular interval.

It’s worth noting that once the templates are triggered to start a test run, they are treated like any other test. This means that resource limits, such as limits on concurrent tests or concurrent load generators, will still apply, and may stop a scheduled test from running.

You can create a schedule from the Add Schedule/Schedule a Test buttons of three different pages.

The Project page’s Schedules table:

The Configuration page of an existing template:

And the Dashboard page’s Scheduled Tests table if it is empty:

Each will open a version of the Schedule a Test pop-up that allows you to define the details of your schedule. Opening it from the project will populate and lock-in the Project input with the project from which it was opened. Similarly, opening it from a template configuration will populate and lock-in both the Project and Template inputs.

For example, here is the pop-up opened from the Project page:

There are two different types of schedules you can create: Single and Recurring.

Single schedules will run the selected template at a single, specified day and time.

Recurring schedules will run the selected template on the defined hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly interval.

The schedule will occur for the duration of the specified date range. You can also set the schedule to Run indefinitely instead of setting an End Date.

You can view existing schedules in the Schedules Tables on the Dashboard and Project pages.

While the Project page only shows the schedules belonging to that project and the Dashboard shows the schedules across all your projects, the functionality of both tables is very similar, and they display the same information: Description, Template, Next Run Time, End Date (which is hidden on the Dashboard page unless the row is expanded) and a Remove button.

The Description of the schedule is generated based on its type and details. Although the project and the template it applies to cannot be changed, you can click on the Description to edit the schedule’s details.

Like in the test runs table, the Template field tells you which template the schedule applies to and clicking it will bring to that template’s configuration page.

The Next Run Time tells you, as the name implies, the next time the schedule will trigger a test run. If the schedule has no more run dates, either because it was a Single schedule that already ran or because it was a Recurring schedule whose End Date already passed, the field will display “No More Upcoming Runs”.

On the Project Details page, you can filter out these completed schedules by unchecking the “Include Completed Schedules” box at the top of the table.

The End Date field tells you when a Recurring schedule will end. For Recurring schedules set to run indefinitely and Single schedules, this field will display “N/A”.

The Remove button allows you to delete a schedule. Clicking it will create a pop-up menu asking you to confirm the action or cancel.