How do I bulk edit jobs?

• What is bulk editing?

• Selecting monitors

• Bulk actions

• Bulk editing monitor settings

• Before you save

• Frequently Asked Questions

Bulk editing lets you make changes to many monitors at the same time. You can run, activate, deactivate, delete, label, move, and export monitors, or update their settings, all in one go.

Note: Bulk editing is available on all plans, including Free. A few actions depend on your plan:

• Label and Move are available on Business plans.

• Export and Reports depend on your plan. If your plan doesn't include them, you'll see an option to upgrade.

In a Business workspace, you need an Editor or Admin role to use bulk editing. Viewers don't see the checkboxes.

Step 1:

Use filters or the search bar to show only the monitors you want to change. The selection options below respect your filters and search.

Step 2:

Tick the checkboxes next to the monitors you want, or use the dropdown next to the top checkbox to select many at once:

Once you select two or more monitors, the bulk actions toolbar appears above the list.

Good to know:

• Clicking the top checkbox on its own selects the current page only. Clicking it again clears your whole selection.

• Your selection is kept when you move between pages, but it's cleared if you change the filters, search, sort, or workspace.

• Bulk editing works within one workspace at a time. It isn't available in the All workspaces view.

• Checkboxes are only shown on larger screens, such as a desktop or laptop.

Click the action you want to perform in the toolbar:

• Settings: Change settings for all selected monitors. See Bulk editing monitor settings below.

• Run: Runs a check on the selected monitors right away. Choose whether to keep their current schedule or restart it from now. All selected monitors must be active. Monitors that are already running are skipped, and if you don't have enough checks left, only as many monitors as your checks allow will run.

• Activate / Deactivate: Turns the selected monitors on or off. These apply straight away, without a confirmation step.

• Label: Assigns labels to the selected monitors. See Before you save, because labels replace existing ones.

• Move: Moves the selected monitors to another workspace. See How do I move jobs to other workspaces?

• Delete: Deletes the selected monitors after you confirm. Deleted monitors can't be restored, so make sure you've selected the right ones.

• Export: Exports monitor details such as IDs, URLs, names, and creation dates.

• Reports: Creates a report for the selected monitors. See Creating Visualping Reports.

Step 1:

Select the monitors you want to edit and click Settings in the toolbar.

Step 2:

You can change the following for all selected monitors:

You can also apply a preset to all selected monitors at once. Open the preset dropdown in the settings panel and choose the preset you want. This is the fastest way to standardize settings across many monitors. Applying a preset overwrites the matching settings on the selected monitors.

Step 3:

Click Save. Your selection is cleared and you're returned to the monitor list.

Some settings are unique to each monitor and can only be changed one monitor at a time: the URL, the monitor name, keywords, and the area or element being monitored. The Element changes compare type also can't be selected in bulk.

Bulk changes apply to every selected monitor, and there's no extra confirmation step. Keep these in mind:

• Settings that differ are replaced. Where all the selected monitors share a value, you'll see it in the panel. Where they differ, the panel shows a default value, and changing it applies that value to all of them. For example, if the monitors have different frequencies, the panel shows Daily. Opening a section without changing anything is safe.

• Labels replace existing labels. The labels you choose become the only labels on each selected monitor. To keep a label, make sure it's still selected.

• Actions replace existing actions. If the selected monitors have different actions, they aren't shown, and any actions you add overwrite the existing ones.

• Some changes reset the starting snapshot. Changing the compare type, mobile view, JavaScript, and similar settings takes a new snapshot of every selected monitor right after you save. This snapshot becomes the new starting point for future comparisons. It doesn't use any checks and doesn't send a change alert.

• It's all or nothing. If one monitor can't be updated, for example because it would go over your plan's limits, none of the monitors are changed. Fix the issue and save again.

• Make sure you're viewing a single workspace, not All workspaces.

• Use a larger screen, such as a desktop or laptop.

• In a Business workspace, check that you have an Editor or Admin role.

Your role doesn't allow bulk changes in this workspace. Ask a workspace Admin to give you an Editor or Admin role.

No. A bulk edit either updates every selected monitor or none of them. Check the error message, for example a frequency your plan doesn't support or going over your active monitor limit, then try again. If a teammate deleted or moved one of the selected monitors, refresh the page and reselect.

Some of the selected monitors were deleted or moved since you selected them. Refresh the page and select the monitors again before saving.

Monitors that were already running are skipped. If you didn't have enough checks left, only as many monitors as your checks allow were run. The Run window shows how many checks will be used and skipped before you start.

No, deleted monitors can't be restored from your account. If you deleted monitors by mistake, contact our Support team at support@visualping.io as soon as possible.

• How can I filter through and sort jobs?

• Presets

• Using labels

• How do I move jobs to other workspaces?

• How do I stop or remove a job?