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# Using the scheduler

## 📖 Definition

The scheduler enables you to **automatically toggle a use case ON (launch) or OFF (pause) at a specific date and time** depending on your needs.\
Using the scheduler enables you to save time and to anticipate the activation or deactivation of a use case, particularly when you are located in a different timezone or outside of working hours.

## ⚙️ Configuration

You can schedule a use case to be launched and/or paused at a future date directly from the dashboard by hovering over the use case and clicking the schedule button.\
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![Schedule-click.png](https://195542843-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPLcJUpntQruhbI1jQ2kr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9c49678805cebdaafdadd07a6cc98bb3cd6434af%2F8f8ef319fb93f6e93d15e3ded9df1c53.png?alt=media)

| <p>🚩 Heads up</p><p>Scheduling a Progressive Rollout will redirect you to the Deployment step. From there, you will be able to define the different deployment dates, including the starting and ending ones.</p> |
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From the modal, you can choose to schedule your use case to be launched and/or paused at a specific date. To do so:

1. Activate the **Start** and/or **Stop date** toggle.
2. Select the date and time.\
   If you want to schedule only the start or stop date, only toggle ON the one you need.
3. Select the **timezone** from the drop-down list.
4. Click **SAVE.**\
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   🚩 Heads up

   You can launch and/or pause a scheduled use case at any time using the ON/OFF toggle from the dashboard. This action will unschedule your use case.

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Once set up, the scheduled use case will be easily identified from the dashboard thanks to a schedule icon next to the status button.

![Scheduled.png](https://195542843-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPLcJUpntQruhbI1jQ2kr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5a13721180bb3f66cb1bb92b8db1d5993ea1acc9%2F23a0c65625d2b831de89776585541a7c.png?alt=media)

| <p>⭐ Good to know</p><p>If you want to be notified when your scheduled use cases start or stop, you can use our <a href="https://flagship.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021125079">Zapier integration</a> or our <a href="https://flagship.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021123019">Webhooks</a>.</p> |
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## 💡 Use case

Let’s say you are working in California and have configured a use case that you want to launch for visitors located in Paris on the 24th of December at 10:00 PM, Paris time.\
To do so:

1. From the dashboard, click the schedule icon from your use case.
2. Toggle the **Start date** ON.
3. Select the date from the calendar: 24th of December 2021.
4. Select the time: 10:00 PM.
5. Select the **Europe/Paris** timezone.
6. Click SAVE:\
   Your use case will be activated at that date and no stop date is scheduled.

![schedule\_2.png](https://195542843-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPLcJUpntQruhbI1jQ2kr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e17dfb68ae36b9ade2a7e32c4e9a404cc835a9b1%2Fd108575c1bae150c2f09d7efcd9a982f.png?alt=media)

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