Actions on target scans | Probely Help Center

A set of actions is available in the TARGETS section to manage scans in Probely.

On each line, choose the scan action to execute for that target.

You can also manage scans directly from the target details (by clicking on the target name).

Regardless of where you are in the Probely app, you have the following actions to manage scans:

Action	What it does
Scan Now	Starts a scan.
Scan Later	Schedules a scan.
Stop	Stops a running scan.
Pause	Pauses a running scan. NOTE: If a scan is paused for 7 days without being resumed, Probely automatically stops it.
Resume	Resumes a paused scan.

Depending on the state of the scan, you may be able to perform the following actions:

You can only start a scan if no scan is running on that target.
You can only pause a scan if it is running.
You can only resume a scan if it is paused.
You can only stop a scan if it is running or paused.
You can always schedule a scan.

In summary:

Target Scan State	Available Actions
No scan is running.	Scan Now Scan Later
The scan is running.	Stop Pause Scan Later
The scan is paused.	Resume Stop Scan Later

While starting/stopping a scan is generally executed as soon as you select those options, pausing/resuming a scan might take a while for the scanner to perform the necessary actions (and pausing/resuming scans is only possible for some account plans).

Finally, the Scan Later action consists of configuring a scheduled scan. See how to schedule scans.