When you want to run tests between multiple Actors, you can use the bulk Action functionality. Bulk Actions allow you to choose one or more user tags to identify the set of Actors you want to use for the Action.
Some Actions cannot be run as a Bulk Action. These include Captive IOC Actions, Email, and Cloud Actions.
Running Actions this way could allow you to run multiple Jobs at the same time, as long as each Job has unique Actors. Jobs that use the same Actor will be queued instead. This is a great way to quickly get results from multiple zones.
You cannot use this functionality if the Actors do not have user tags. You can verify this by going to Environment > Actors, and clicking
Edit for each Actor.
- Go to Library > Actions.
- Select an Action.
- Click Run.
- Click Tags.
Running a Bulk Action
- Select Tags to use for the bulk Action. The Director identifies how many Actors are required for the bulk Action and will only display the fields required.
- For Network Actors, enter one or more Source Actor Tags and one or more Destination Actor Tags.
- For Endpoint Actors, enter one or more Endpoint Actor Tags.
- Select a Tags Filter to further specify which tags to use.
- Click AND to select all Source or Destination Actors that have all of the selected tags.
- Click OR to select all Source or Destination Actors that have at least one of the selected tags.
- Optional: Select Advanced Options to set a name for the Bulk Job or select a specific interface.
- Optional: Select Repeat Job and configure the Repeat Job schedule. This can be set for a time interval or a specific number of times.
- Optional: Select Repeat Steps and configure the Repeat Step schedule. This can be set for a time interval or a specific number of times.
The Job will not complete until the Repeat Step has completed.
- When you have the Job configured to your specifications, click Run Now or Schedule.
- If you choose Run now, the Bulk Job Page displays.
- If you choose Schedule & you are repeating the Job, the Bulk Job Page displays.
- If you choose Schedule & are only running it once, the Scheduled Jobs page displays.
- Click Run Now.
The Bulk Job result page displays. For more information, see Viewing Bulk Job Results.
