Load Scheduler

Sometimes, you may want to postpone a scenario run from the test start. Also, you may want to stop a scenario after some period of time, while the entire test continues running. For instance, you may want to simulate a short peak load that starts with some delay after the test launch. In ReadyAPI, you can do it by using the Scheduler page.

Note that the scheduler just starts and stops the scenario according to the scheduled time and does not affect other settings. For example, when you use distributing testing, the scenario runs on the specified agents at the scheduled time. If you want to run the same scenario on different agents at different times, you have to clone the scenario and configure it according to your needs.

Schedule a Scenario

To schedule a scenario, use the Scenario Schedule Editor that is shown when you select the desired scenario in the test timeline.

For each scenario, you can specify the following settings:

Option	Description
Default Scheduling	(Default) When this option is enabled, ReadyAPI does not use scheduling for this scenario and executes it during the entire test run.
Custom Scheduling	If you enable this option, this scenario runs according to the specified schedule settings.
Delay Before Start	Specifies the time when the test scenario starts.
Duration	Specifies the duration of the scenario run.
Single Run	If you enable this option, the scenario runs once during the test.
Repeat	If you enable this option, the scenario runs iteratively. In this case, the Start At option also specifies a delay between each scenario run.

Set Using Time Unit

The Time unit drop-down list allows you to specify a suitable time unit for the scheduler.

You can set the following time units:

• Seconds

• Minutes

• Percent (Percentage of total load test time)

Important

Time settings of the scenario schedule will not be converted when you change the time unit. So, if you select minutes instead of seconds, 30 second scenario delay will be set to 30 minutes, not to 0.5 minutes.