Configuring Project Schedules

To configure a project schedule:
  1. On the Projects page (Performance Manager > Projects), click a project for which you want to edit the schedule.
  2. On the Monitors tab (Performance Manager > Configuration > Monitors), click the Project Schedules: Clientside link to adjust the schedule of the project's client-side monitors.
  3. On the Configure Schedule page, specify a From time (month, day, year, hour, minute, second, AM/PM) when the project's monitors should begin to run.
  4. Specify the Interval (day, hour, minute) at which the project's monitors should execute.
    Note: When monitors are comprised of multiple transactions, transactions are executed in quick succession. Individual transactions can't be scheduled independently within monitors. Ensure that the execution interval you select provides adequate time for the monitor's transactions to execute (for example, a monitor that requires 90 seconds to complete its transactions, can not be executed at 60 second intervals).
  5. Specify how long the project's monitors are to Run (forever, a specific number of times, or until a specific date).
  6. In the Run From list, select at least one location from which the project's monitors are to be executed. Note that monitors can be run simultaneously from multiple locations. Use the Ctrl key to select multiple locations.
  7. Select a Cascaded Delay. This setting avoids that a monitor is started simultaneously across all locations to avoid workload peaks on the system under test. Example: Setting the cascaded delay to 5 seconds for a monitor that is scheduled to run at 5:00 AM results in the monitor to run on the first location at 5:00:00 AM, on the second location at 5:00:05, and on the third location at 5:00:10.
    Note: If the duration of the cascaded runs exceeds the execution interval, the skipped monitor execution will not be executed.
  8. Click Save to return to the Monitors tab. Alternatively, you may advance to the Add Exclusions page to add exclusions. See Schedule Exclusions for details regarding exclusions.