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# Scheduled Scans
Since the price and indicator values for stocks change all the time, you may want to run a scan periodically to see if any new securities meet your criteria. With the Scheduled Scans tool, you can schedule your scan to run at a certain time each day. The scan results will be saved to a new or existing SharpCharts or ACP ChartList, and you will receive an email with a link to the scan results for that day.
## Accessing Scheduled Scans
To access Scheduled Scans from [Your Dashboard](https://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet), click the “Scheduled Scans” link in the “Member Tools” section or click the “More” button in the “Your Scans” section of the page and choose “Scheduled Scans.” You can also access Scheduled Scans from the Advanced Scan Workbench by clicking the Scheduled Scans tab at the top of the workbench.
The page allows you to schedule new scans and view/manage your existing scans, all from the same page:
## Scheduling a Scan
Scheduling a scan from the New Scheduled Scans section of the page takes just a few simple steps:
1. Choose the saved scan you want to schedule from the dropdown list.
2. Choose when you would like the scheduled scan to run each day—market open, market close, or a custom time. You can also choose which days of the week to run the scan by clicking the buttons in the Run Days section. By default, the scan is run on weekdays only.
3. Choose the location for the scan results—save them in a new ChartList, use them to overwrite an existing ChartList, or merge them into an existing ChartList.
4. Click the green Save Scheduled Scan button.
Once your scheduled scan is saved, it will run automatically at the specified time and place the scan results in the SharpCharts or ACP ChartList you specified. It will also send you an email with a link to view your scan results.
{% hint style="warning" %}
**Note:** If you do not wish to receive the email notification when your scheduled scan is run, uncheck the "Send email with scan results" checkbox when configuring your scheduled scan.
{% endhint %}
## Viewing Your Scheduled Scans
The Your Scheduled Scans section of the page will show all of the scans you have scheduled in a table with the following columns:
* **Scan Name:** Shows the name of the scan you have scheduled. To edit the scan, click on its name to go to that scan in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
* **Run Days:** Shows the days of the week on which the scan is scheduled to run.
* **Run Time:** Shows the time that the scan is scheduled to run each day (in UTC time).
* **Action;** Specifies whether the results will be put in a new ChartList, used to replace an existing ChartList, or merged into an existing ChartList.
* **List:** Shows the name of the ChartList with a link to view the list in Summary View (or in StockChartsACP for ACP ChartLists).
* **Last Run:** Shows the date and time the scan was last run (in UTC time).
* **Results:** Indicates whether or not the last run was successful. It may also give more details about whether any results were returned and whether they were truncated due to ChartList size limits.
* **Actions:** Click the icons to play/pause the scheduled scan, delete it, or edit it, respectively.
{% hint style="warning" %}
**Note:** Only logged-in Extra and Pro members can schedule scans. **Extra** members can schedule up to 10 scans, and **Pro** members can schedule up to 25 scans on their account. Basic members cannot schedule scans.
{% endhint %}
## ChartLists Created By Scheduled Scans
When you choose to save your scheduled scan results into a brand new ChartList, the ChartList name is always prefixed with "Scheduled Scan", along with the scan name and the date the ChartList was created, so that it is easily identifiable.
Fourteen days after a ChartList is automatically created by a scheduled scan, the ChartList is considered "expired" and removed from your account. If you do not want the ChartList to be removed after 14 days, rename the ChartList to remove the "Scheduled Scan" part of the list's name.
To edit the ChartList's name, go to Edit View for that ChartList, click on the current ChartList name so it becomes an active text box, change the name of the list, and save.
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**Learn More:** [Edit View](/charts-and-tools/sharpcharts/chartlists/edit-view.md)
{% endhint %}
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