Scheduled assessments

concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 2 min read c_ScheduledAssessments.md

The system generates a unique scheduled job for each metric type with the Schedule type field set to Scheduled.

The system generates a unique scheduled job for each metric type with the Schedule type field set to Scheduled. Each scheduled job generates assessment components for the related metric type. By default, the scheduled job runs when an administrator executes it manually, but administrators can set a schedule to generate assessments automatically on a recurring basis.

For the system to properly generate scheduled assessments, the metric type must be active and published. The metric type must also be associated to at least one metric category. That metric category must be associated to one or more of each of the following items:

Assessable record
Stakeholder associated to one of the assessable records
Metric
Schedule an assessment
After you have evaluated your questionnaires using on-demand assessments, edit your categories and metrics as needed, reset your metric type record, and select the users who are qualified to evaluate the assessable records.
Schedule types
You can schedule assessments for preconfigured users or send them to any user on demand.
Set an assessment generation schedule
You can set assessment generation schedules. You must set a schedule for each metric type individually.
Publish a metric type
Before it is possible to generate assessments, an assessment administrator must publish the associated metric type.
Generate a scheduled assessment manually
Administrators can generate scheduled assessments manually.
Generate a vendor type assessment manually
The Vendor Performance feature provides a direct method of generating assessments for the Vendor metric type.
Clean up assessment data
The assessment process generates a considerable amount of data, some of which is not useful after a short time.
Assessment instances
An assessment instance represents one occurrence of a questionnaire assigned to one user.
View an assessment instance
An assessment instance represents one occurrence of a questionnaire assigned to one user.

Parent Topic:Assessment administrator tasks

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Assessment metrics

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title: Scheduled assessments
description: The system generates a unique scheduled job for each metric type with the Schedule type field set to Scheduled.
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# Scheduled assessments

The system generates a unique scheduled job for each metric type with the **Schedule type** field set to **Scheduled**.

The system generates a unique scheduled job for each metric type with the **Schedule type** field set to **Scheduled**. Each scheduled job generates assessment components for the related metric type. By default, the scheduled job runs when an administrator executes it manually, but administrators can set a schedule to generate assessments automatically on a recurring basis.

For the system to properly generate scheduled assessments, the metric type must be active and [published](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_PublishAMetricType.md). The metric type must also be associated to at least one metric category. That metric category must be associated to one or more of each of the following items:

-   [Assessable record](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/r_ManageAssessablRecordAssociation.md)
-   [Stakeholder](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/r_CategoryUsersAndStakeholders.md) associated to one of the assessable records
-   [Metric](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentMetrics.md)

-   **[Schedule an assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_ScheduledAssessment.md)**  
After you have evaluated your questionnaires using on-demand assessments, edit your categories and metrics as needed, reset your metric type record, and select the users who are qualified to evaluate the assessable records.
-   **[Schedule types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_ScheduleTypes.md)**  
You can schedule assessments for preconfigured users or send them to any user on demand.
-   **[Set an assessment generation schedule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_SetAssesstGenerationSchedule.md)**  
You can set assessment generation schedules. You must set a schedule for each metric type individually.
-   **[Publish a metric type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_PublishAMetricType.md)**  
Before it is possible to generate assessments, an assessment administrator must publish the associated metric type.
-   **[Generate a scheduled assessment manually](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_GenSchedAssessmentManually.md)**  
Administrators can generate scheduled assessments manually.
-   **[Generate a vendor type assessment manually](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_GenAVendorTypeAssmtManually.md)**  
The Vendor Performance feature provides a direct method of generating assessments for the Vendor metric type.
-   **[Clean up assessment data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_CleanUpAssessmentData.md)**  
The assessment process generates a considerable amount of data, some of which is not useful after a short time.
-   **[Assessment instances](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentInstances.md)**  
An assessment instance represents one occurrence of a questionnaire assigned to one user.
-   **[View an assessment instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_ViewAnAssessmentInstance.md)**  
An assessment instance represents one occurrence of a questionnaire assigned to one user.

**Parent Topic:**[Assessment administrator tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentProcess.md)

**Related topics**  


[Assessment metrics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentMetrics.md)