Scheduled scans -- manual starts?

I am right that if I set a schedule on a scan with gvm{9,10} I cant start this scan manually any more? If – is it a bug or feature?

GVM Versions

gsad:

9971f3f0e 2019-03-28 | Merge pull request #1230 from timopollmeier/bulk-host-delete-fix-7.0 (HEAD -> gsa-7.0, origin/gsa-7.0)

Greenbone Security Assistant 7.0.4
GIT revision 9971f3f0e-gsa-7.0
Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

openvasmd:

5b7fd31c 2019-06-18 | Merge pull request #591 from timopollmeier/tippingpoint-alert-fix-7.0 (HEAD -> openvas-manager-7.0, origin/openvas-manager-7.0)

OpenVAS Manager 7.0.4
GIT revision 5b7fd31c-openvas-manager-7.0
Manager DB revision 184
Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

openvas:

5ab4352 2019-01-07 | Merge pull request #236 from jjnicola/fix-typo (HEAD -> openvas-scanner-5.1, origin/openvas-scanner-5.1)

OpenVAS Scanner 5.1.3
Most new code since 2005: (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
Nessus origin: (C) 2004 Renaud Deraison <deraison@nessus.org>
License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

gvm-libs:

e9eb0d91 2019-04-24 | Use g_log instead of g_debug for No redis DB available message. (HEAD -> openvas-libraries-9.0, origin/openvas-libraries-9.0)

gvm-tools:

c280276 2019-06-14 | Merge pull request #198 from bjoernricks/gvm-cli-error-reporting (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)

node:

v11.15.0

redis-server:

Redis server v=5.0.3 sha=00000000:0 malloc=jemalloc-5.1.0 bits=64 build=355ed63f25401f51

Environment

Operating system:

Linux gvm-latest 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5 (2019-06-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Debian testing (10.0)

PostgreSQL:

psql (PostgreSQL) 11.4 (Debian 11.4-1.pgdg100+1)

Installation method / source:

source installation, git checkout of latest stable branches

Should still be possible. But you have to visit the task details page for starting the scheduled task manually.

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