---
title: "Scan schedules"
description: "Decide how often Guardian scans each group of CIs."
product: "Guardian"
edition: "Essentials"
type: "workflow"
url: "https://docs.cloudhouse.com/guardian/essentials/scans/schedules/"
---
# Scan schedules

**Scan Configuration** sets how often Guardian scans your CIs automatically. Schedules are set per CI group or per environment, and run on the Guardian scan engine.

## Set a schedule

1. Open **Scan Configuration**. Choose whether to work with CI groups or environments.
2. Find the group or environment and edit its schedule.
3. Choose the **Frequency**:
    - **Daily**, at a time you choose.
    - **Weekly**, on a day of the week and at a time you choose.
    - **Manually**, so its CIs are scanned only when someone asks.
4. Save. **Next run** shows when the schedule runs next, and **Last run** when it last ran.

All times are in UTC.

## Pause a schedule

A schedule can be **Active** or **Paused**. Pausing keeps its settings so you can turn it back on later.

## Override a schedule for one CI

A CI can override its group's cadence from its own page. Use this for a CI that needs scanning more or less often than the rest of its group.

!!! note "Good to know"
    A group or environment with no schedule shows **Not Scheduled**: its CIs are scanned on demand only. If you have no CI groups yet, create one on this page first, then set its schedule.