Scheduling a Delivery Suspension
Use the following procedure to schedule a suspension for a time period.
Scheduling a delivery suspension
1. In the Suspend Delivery Schedule panel, click Add to create a new schedule.
2. In the Suspend Delivery Schedule window, do the following.
a. Provide a suitable name for the schedule.
b. Hover the mouse to set the status to
(enabled) or
(disabled). By default, the status of a schedule is
. c. Select a time zone for the schedule. You can schedule a document delivery suspension according to a partner's time zone.
d. Choose from Start to set the start time, and from End or Duration to set the end time in the Suspend Time panel. If you select the Duration check box, select the duration of the suspension schedule in hours or minutes.
e. Choose any of the following options from the Recurrence Pattern panel to schedule the delivery suspension.
None. Suspends delivery once for the chosen date and time.
Daily. Suspends delivery every day for the chosen time.
Weekly. Suspends delivery every week on the chosen days of the week.
Monthly. Suspends delivery every month. For example, if you want to schedule a suspension on the 25th of every month, select
Day and type 25 in the text box provided. Or, if you want to schedule a suspension on the third Monday of every month, select
The, and then select Third and Monday from the drop down.
Note: | If you want to schedule a delivery suspension on the 31st of every month, the suspension schedule will run only for the months that have 31 days. |
Yearly. Suspends delivery every year for the chosen month of the year. For example, if you want to schedule a suspension on January 25th every year, select
On, followed by January from the drop down and type 25 in the text box provided. Or, if you want to schedule a suspension on the third Monday of January every year, select
On The, followed by Third, Monday, and January respectively.
f. Choose from Start and End in the Validity Period panel to set the validity of the suspension schedule. By default, the end date is disabled. To specify the end date, select Select End Date checkbox.
If the recurrence pattern of a schedule is None, there is no end date for the schedule. The delivery will be suspended once according to the start and end times chosen. For example, if you choose the start time as 10.00 IST and end time as 14.00 IST on January 25th, the delivery will be suspended from 10.00 IST to 14.00 IST. The delivery will resume after 14.00 IST. If you choose a duration of 24 hours, the delivery will be suspended from 10.00 IST on January 25th till 10.00 IST on January 26th.
3. Click OK.
Once you create a suspension schedule, you can view it in the Suspend Delivery Schedule panel. To change the status of multiple schedules, select the check box beside the schedule and click Active or Inactive. Similarly, click Delete to delete the schedules.
The Next Suspension Window column in the Suspend Delivery Schedule panel indicates the next delivery suspension planned.
The Suspension Status indicates if the delivery was suspended as a result of the schedule. The values are true and false. If the delivery was suspended because of the schedule, Suspension Status = true. If the delivery was suspended, but not because of the schedule (for example, if the user manually selected the Suspend Delivery check box in the Settings panel before the schedule could run), or if the delivery was not suspended at all, then Suspension Status = false.