Auto-submission of products

Products that have been added to a channel can be set to automatically submit through scheduled automatic submissions. The auto-submission process can be used in both direct and configured channels.

Creating a scheduled auto-submission

Accessing the scheduler

• Expand Channels from the sidebar menu and click 'Channels management.'

• Hover over applicable channel and click 'Open.'

• Under General tab, scroll to the 'Scheduled automatic submissions' section, and click 'Create schedule.'

  

  

Setting up a schedule

When setting up a schedule, you will need to perform the below steps:

1. Set up basics: to set up the basics of the scheduler, you need to name the new schedule and to select which products should be automatically submitted (all, updated, ready or updated).

   • All—include all products

   • Updated—include only products that have been updated since the last submission.

     • All updated products

       OR

     • Products updated after the schedule was enabled

   • Ready or updated—include products that are ready or that have been updated since they were last submitted.

     • All updated products

       OR

     • Products updated after the schedule was enabled

     

     

Note: If the updated products option is selected, the ‘update’ flag is only set on the default language (usually English). Auto-submissions for ‘updated’ products look for this flag to determine which products should be submitted. PDX does not detect and ‘flag’ changes to any secondary languages used, so submissions will only be sent if the default language value changes.

2. Set up time—you will need to select weekday(s), time, and timezone. The schedule can be set to repeat weekly or monthly.

   

   • Weekly: the weekly schedule can be set to run every 1-52 weeks, and one or multiple weekdays can be selected.

   

   • Monthly: the monthly schedule has two settings for scheduling. Both options provide frequency of month(s).

     • Day / date of the month

       

     • Day (of the week) of a specific week in a month

       

3. Set up conditions—you can set condition(s) to include or exclude products that meet those conditions. Setting condition(s) is optional. Conditions can be removed by clicking the trash can icon to the right of 'Applied conditions.'

   

   

Note: Set conditions only check English (or other default language). No additional languages are checked for conditions.

Note: Products that do not pass channel validation or comply with any configured condition(s) will not be submitted.

Activating or disabling a schedule

To activate or disable a schedule, toggle the blue button on or off. Disabling a schedule does not remove it. Instead, it allows a user to temporarily pause a schedule if necessary.

Editing a schedule

To edit a schedule, click the pencil icon to open the original 'Create schedule' options. Click on each pertinent section to modify that section, and save the change(s) to update the schedule.

Running a scheduled submission

To run a scheduled submission on an ad hoc basis, click the lightning bolt icon. This allows you to run a scheduled submission immediately, disregarding the configured schedule.

Note: Updated products will be affected, and this process may be time consuming.

Deleting a schedule

To delete a schedule from a channel, click the trash can icon. The schedule will be permanently removed from the channel.

Note: Removing a schedule cannot be undone once performed.