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Ways regular and combined collection calendars work

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Introduction

A collection calendar is a powerful function for you to regulate pickup date (Mon-Sun) and pickup frequency within a pickup setting. This will be useful, for example, a summer house needs more pickups during the summer time and less during winter time.

Where to set up

  1. Go to Company settings → Operation management

  2. Find the Pickup settings tab

  3. Either create a new one or view the current pickup settings

  4. At the bottom of the right section, you will see a collection calendars table. Click on the Action and create a collection calendar or simply view the current one if there is existing items in the table.

How to set up

There are 2 types of collection calendars: Regular and Combined. The latter provides more flexibility in the planning.

Type 01: Regular calendar

Regular calendars offer a way for you to set up a fixed pickup frequency and date (Mon-Sun). For example, if the parent pickup setting is set to be collected 2 days a week, you could assign which day it should be and set a date range for it. Here are some setup tips:

Section

Description

Basic

  1. Give the collection calendar a name.

  2. Select 'Regular'

  3. There will be a preview box indicating the parent pickup settings specifications.

  4. The checkbox 'Only allowed to use in combined collection calendar' means that this collection calendar will not be found anywhere in the system but only when you set up the combined collection calendar which you can find more information in the second type of collection calendar.

Configuration

  1. Week: Select a preset week. This will define the start week of the collection calendar.

  2. Start date: Select a date within the week you select in the previous field.

  3. Week days: The quantity of the selection will be dependent on the 'Collection per week' setting of the pickup setting.

After the above setup, you will be able to see the visual preview of the collection dates on this pickup setting.

Type 02: Combined calendar

A combined calendar offers you a more dynamic way to control the pickup frequency within a certain period of a pickup setting. Here is how to set up:

You can select multiple regular collection calendars to a combined collection calendar, including regular collection calendars from other pickup settings. Be aware that the regular combined collection calendar needs to be created in advance.

Section

Description

Basic

  1. Give the collection calendar a name.

  2. Select 'Combined'

  3. There will be a preview box indicating the parent pickup settings specifications.

Configuration

In this section, you can determine how you want to distribute the regular collection calendars in a calendar year.

  1. Select by week number or by date

  2. Select a regular collection calendar. Be aware that you could also add the regular collection calendar that has different parent pickup settings.

  3. Add more periods if needed. The period cannot be overlapped.

After the above setup, you will be able to see the visual preview of the collection dates on this pickup setting.

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