There are situations when we would like to show our message only during a given time interval (like Valentine’s Day and Black Friday) or only on some days of the week (like during office hours on weekdays on Saturdays). These are the situations where OptiMonk’s scheduling function comes in handy.

In this article:

• Campaign status: Active, Inactive, Scheduled
• Remove schedule, reschedule
• Scheduling options

Campaign status: Active, Inactive, Scheduled

In the ‘Campaigns’ menu, all of your campaigns are listed. By default, your campaigns are ‘Inactive’, so they are not displayed on your website at all. They become ‘Active’, so they are shown to your visitors according to your display conditions when you activate them as the last step of setting up an OptiMonk campaign.

However, you can schedule a campaign anytime when you need to have its appearance to adapt to a specific time interval. This is when you set up the third campaign status: ‘Scheduled’.

In order to activate, deactivate or schedule your campaign, you have to update its status. When you select your campaign by clicking on its name, the toggle button in the top left corner indicates the status of your campaign.

The scheduling options will only work if the campaign is set scheduled. Do not worry, the system will automatically detect that your campaign has scheduling options activated, so it will not show your popups before or after the scheduled time.

Remove schedule, reschedule

When you would like to update a scheduled campaign status to active or inactive, click on the campaign name in the ‘Campaigns’ menu, then remove the schedule by clicking on the three dots menu next to the start - end dates, and select ‘Delete schedule’.

The other option here is ‘Edit schedule,’ which will allow you to reschedule your campaign.

Scheduling options

To add scheduling rules to your campaign, follow these steps:

Select your campaign from the ‘Campaigns’ menu you would like to schedule.

Under ‘Status and Schedule’, click on ‘Schedule’.

A settings panel will open where you can set up your campaign’s schedule.

Time zone: Select if you'd like to schedule your campaign by a given timezone or relative to the visitor's timezone. 

Start date: Select the specific date and time from where you want to display the campaign to your audience.

End date: When you select an end date and time by clicking ‘On’, your campaign will stop at the predetermined time. In case you do not select an end date and leave the option on ‘Never’, your campaign will run until you delete the scheduling rule and set its status to ‘Inactive’.

These settings determine the days of the week your campaign will be visible to visitors.

• Every Day: This is the default option. If you want your campaign to display every day, simply select "Every Day."
• Specific Days: To show your campaign only on selected days, such as weekends, ensure that only "Saturday" and "Sunday" are chosen.

When you have added your scheduling rules, please do not forget to save your settings.

If you have any further questions or need any help, please contact us at support@optimonk.com, and we would be happy to assist you :)