Enterprise Edition

Managing scheduled scans

• Last updated: October 31, 2024

• Read time: 2 Minutes

If you schedule a recurring scan, Burp Suite Enterprise Edition displays statistics and charts that enable you to track your progress over time. This enables you to identify areas for improvement and to see changes in your security posture.

You can use the Scheduled scans page to view and edit the schedule for recurring scans.

Viewing scheduled scans

To view schedule information for a recurring scan:

1. From the top menu, select Scans > Scheduled scans.
2. Select the scan from the list.

3. Notice that the panel at the top of the screen displays the following information:

   • Schedule start: The date and time that the scan was first scheduled.
   • Recurrence: How often the scheduled scan repeats.
   • Next run: The time and date that the scheduled scan will next start.

Editing scheduled scans

To edit a scan's schedule:

1. From the top menu, select Scans > Scheduled scans.
2. Select the scan from the list.
3. Click Edit schedule.
4. From the Edit scan schedule dialog, select when the new schedule should start from Start scan.
5. Select how often the scan should repeat.

6. Select how many times the scan should repeat:

   • Forever.
   • A specific number of times.
   • Until a particular date.
7. Click Save.

Deleting scheduled scans

To delete a scheduled scan:

1. From the top menu, select Scans > Scheduled scans.
2. Click the trash icon next to the scan you want to delete.
3. Click Confirm.

Editing schedule scan configurations

To edit the configurations used by the scan:

1. From the settings menu , select Scan configuration.
2. Click Edit to display the Edit scan configuration dialog.
3. Select the required configurations from the list.
4. Click Save.

To ensure backward compatibility with longstanding scans, we've retained the ability to specify configurations when scheduling a scan . However, for ease of management and more accurate reporting across scans, we recommend that you replace these configurations with site level configuration.