Manage scheduled changes in Feature Experimentation

3 min

Optimizely Feature Experimentation

You can schedule changes to an existing flagflag or rulerule, such as:

Turn a flag on or offon or off.

Play or pausePlay or pause a rule.

Update the percentage of traffic included in a rule.

Update the targeted audienceaudience.

Note

If you intend to change the traffic's ramp percentage after running the experiment, you will need to implement a user profile service before starting the experiment.

For information, see Ensure consistent user bucketingEnsure consistent user bucketing.

Create a scheduled change

Select a flag from the Flags list.

Click the Scheduled Changes tab.

Click Create New Scheduled Change.

Select the Date, Time, Time zone, and Environment from the respective drop-down lists.

Select if the Change applies to the entire flag or an individual rule.

Select Changed element and add the changes you want to schedule.

(Optional) To add more changes, click Add Change and repeat steps 4-6.

Click Save. Your scheduled event displays in the scheduled events list.

Warning

You should not change your experiment while it is running. For information, see Why you should not change a running experimentWhy you should not change a running experiment.

Edit or delete a scheduled event

Click More options (...) next to the scheduled change you want to change or delete.

Click Delete Scheduled Change to confirm the removal of the scheduled change.