Challenges are governed by an overall Effectivity Period that controls when a Challenge is considered active and available for use. In addition to the overall Effectivity Period for the Challenge, the platform allows you to set more granular schedules that control when a Member can respond to the Challenge (called the Response Period), and when the platform considers responses to be usable for reporting and analytics (called the Usage Period).Optionally, you can click the Recurring checkbox to define a new recurring schedule for an item's effectivity when the Select Period Type is Fixed.
Note: Depending on the Challenge type, the effectivity period options may vary slightly. You may see some, or all, of the options described below.
Response Period
To define the response period:
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Click on the Select Period Type drop down and choose:
- Same: Uses the same effectivity period as defined for the Challenge.
- Relative:
- Select the interval and a unit of time for the beginning of the date range. Ex. 1 hour.
- Select the interval and unit of time for the end of the date range. Ex. 2 weeks.
- Fixed:
- Enter a date range relative to the publish date.
- Select the time zone you want the effectivity period to be effective.
- Optionally, check Recurring to use a recurring schedule. Select the desired schedule from the Recurring Schedule drop down menu, or define a new recurring schedule. See below for details on creating a new recurring schedule.
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Click save.
Usage Period
To define the usage period:
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Click on the Select Period Type drop down and choose:
- Always: Challenge does not expire.
- Same: Uses the same effectivity period as defined for the Challenge.
- Relative:
- Select the interval and a unit of time for the beginning of the date range. Ex. 1 hour.
- Select the interval and unit of time for the end of the date range. Ex. 2 weeks.
- Fixed:
- Enter a date range relative to the publish date.
- Select the time zone you want the effectivity period to be effective.
- Optionally, check Recurring to use a recurring schedule. Select the desired schedule from the Recurring Schedule drop down menu, or define a new recurring schedule. See below for details on creating a new recurring schedule.
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Click save.
Define recurring schedule
To define a new recurring schedule for this item's effectivity:
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From the Recurring Schedule drop down menu, select Enter Schedule. The Repeat pop up window is displayed.
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Select a recurrence frequency of Weeklyor Monthlyfrom the Frequency drop down menu.
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In the text field, enter the interval.
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For a Weekly frequency, select one or more days of the week. For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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For a Monthly frequency, choose one of the following options:
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Day of month: Select one or more days of the month. Ex: the 15th and the 30th.
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Day of week: Select one or more days of the week, for each of the four weeks within a month. Ex: the second Wednesday of the month.
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Click ok. The system adds the new schedule to the Recurring Schedule drop down menu.
Define Challenge Effectivity
