Schedules - The Basics

How often will my scan run?

You can schedule a one time occurrence or have the scan run daily (or every 2 days, 3 days, etc), weekly (or every 2 weeks, 3 weeks, etc), monthly (or every 2 months, 3 months, etc).

How many times will my scan run?

Your scan will run indefinitely unless you set the "Ends after N occurrences" option. Enter the number of times you want the scan to run in the field provided. When the set number of occurrences is reached, the schedule will become inactive.

What if I don't want the scan run time to exceed a certain number of hours?

Select the "Cancel scan after" option and enter the number of hours you want to allow the scan to run.

Can I be notified each time the scan runs?

Yes. Go to the Notifications section and select the check box "Activate Notification" and specify when you'd like the notification sent - days, hours or minutes before the scan starts.

You can tell us which email address should be used in the notification. The From Address dropdown populates two options: email address of the scheduled report owner and email address configured in your subscription (for example qualys@qualys.com). Choose one email address from the dropdown.

You can also add additional email recipients and enter a custom message for the notification.

Similarly, you could also configure scan completion, scan failure or scan cancellation notification in the Settings section.

Can I know which scans have schedules?

Granular filters are available  for quick filtering of Web application schedules.

Go to Web Applications > Web Applications and you can see the filters in Schedule Information section.

- Has a Scan Scheduled: Choose this filter to view web applications with active scheduled scans. You could further filter web applications depending on the type of scan: discovery or vulnerability.

- No Scan Scheduled: Choose to filter to view all the web applications except the one for which the scan schedules exist. You could further filter web applications depending on the type of scan: discovery or vulnerability