Define schedules on load tests
In this article, you learn how to schedule load tests with Azure Load Testing. Scheduling tests allows you to run tests at a later time or run at a regular cadence. Azure Load Testing supports adding one schedule to a test. You can add a schedule to a test after creating it.
Prerequisites
- An Azure account with an active subscription. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
- An Azure load testing resource and test. If you need to create an Azure Load Testing resource and test, see the quickstart Create and run a load test.
Add a schedule to a test
In the Azure portal, navigate to your load testing resource.
In the left pane, select Tests.
Select the test you want to schedule.
In the Schedule pane, select Add schedule.
In the Add schedule pane, configure the following settings:
Field Details Schedule Name Enter a name for the schedule. Start date Select the date and time when the test should start. Time zone Select the time zone for the start date time provided. Recurrence Select the frequency at which the test should run. You can choose to run the test once, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. Choose cron to specify a custom recurrence pattern. Refer to more settings for each recurrence in the following tables. End Select how you want the schedule to end. You can choose to end the schedule after some occurrences or on a specific date. Alternatively, you can choose not to end the schedule. For an hourly recurrence, configure the following settings:
Field Details Every Enter the number of hours between each test run. For example if you provide six, the schedule runs every six hours at the time specified in start time. For a daily recurrence, configure the following settings:
Field Details Every Enter the number of days between each test run. For example if you provide two, the schedule runs every two days at the time specified in start time. For a weekly recurrence, configure the following settings:
Field Details Every Enter the number of weeks between each test run. Days Select the days of the week when the test should run. If you provided two weeks and selected Monday, the schedule starts on the Monday after the start date and runs every two weeks at the time specified in start time. For a monthly recurrence, configure the following settings:
Field Details Every Enter the number of months between each test run. Pattern Select the pattern for the test to run. You can choose Date to run the test on a specific date of the month, for example, on every 10th of the month. You can choose Day to run the test on a specific day of the week, for example, on the first Friday of the month. For a cron recurrence, configure the following settings:
Field Details Cron expression Enter a cron expression to specify the recurrence pattern. For example, 0 0 12 1/1 * ? *runs the test every day at 12:00 PM.Select Add to add the schedule to the test.
Note
If a scheduled test run is in progress when the next scheduled run is due, the next run is skipped. The next run will be scheduled for the next recurrence time.
View schedules
You can view the schedule in the Schedule pane of the test. The schedule shows the next run time and the status of the schedule. You can have only one schedule in an active, paused, or disabled state. You can add another schedule after the current schedule is completed or deleted.
You can view the trigger for a test run in the Test runs grid of the test. The trigger shows as Scheduled for a scheduled test run. You can filter the test runs grid to view only the scheduled test runs.
Modify a schedule
You can modify the schedule of a test after adding it. You can also pause or resume a schedule.
Note
A schedule is disabled if three consecutive test runs of a schedule fail. You can resolve the issues with the test and enable the schedule again from the Schedule pane of the test.
Next steps
Advance to the next article to learn how to identify performance regressions by defining test fail criteria and comparing test runs.