To manually test, we'll execute an adhoc task and confirm it's appearance in the task log: Log in as admin Navigate to Reports in user menu Create new report In editor, press Audience tab Add All users audience Press Schedules tab Create new schedule In scheduled list, press Actions > Send schedule Confirm you want to set it immediately Run cron (or wait for it to run) Navigate to Server > Task > Task logs in site administration Confirm Name column is populated with name of each task Open Filters Set Type is equal to: Ad hoc Press Apply Confirm the Send report schedule task name is displayed in report Automated test Confirm the following passes: $ vendor/bin/phpunit --filter core_adhoc_task_testcase