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How to Edit the Timing for Recurring Orders

Editing the timing of a recurring order can be tricky. This guide will show you how to edit the timing for a recurring order. We'll also show you how Microgreen Manager determines the outcome of your edits.

Garrett Corwin

Written by Garrett Corwin

Last updated 1 day ago

1. For this example, we'll look at an existing recurring order with a frequency for "Every Friday." The recurring order generates a child order each Friday, starting on or after the start date

2. If we look at the existing child orders, we can see two are in progress and three are planned

3. To edit the timing of your recurring order, click "Options" then "Edit Times"

4. A form will appear with parameters for the timing of your recurring order. You can see today's date is June 25th and the original start date is June 27th

5. We'll set the new start date as July 11th

6. Let's see how Microgreen Manager will respond. The part of the instructions tell us that two of the "In Progress" orders can be canceled or kept. If they're canceled, their plantings will go to surplus. You decide. The next two sections can be a little confusing. The software is effectively 'starting over.' It deletes the three other "Planned" orders and creates them again. The new orders share the same dates as the deleted ones because we only changed the start date, not the frequency of the recurring order

7. What if we also select "Create Overdue Orders"?

8. Another section will appear with instructions about overdue orders. It says, "No overdue orders will be created." No orders are overdue. The new start date is July 11th, which is more than 10 days away. This allows enough time to grow broccoli, which is what's in this order

9. Let's try a different timing scenario. We'll go back to the original start date, June 27th

10. We'll change the frequency from "Every Nth day of the week" to "Every N weeks"

11. We'll change it from every week to every two weeks

12. Now let's see what happens, first without selecting "Create Overdue Orders." Again, we need to decide if we want to cancel or keep the two in progress orders. Next, the three planned orders will be deleted. Finally, we can see that the new orders to be created are different this time. The new orders to be created follow the new frequency, every other week, July 11th then July 25th

13. What if we select "Create Overdue Orders"?

14. In this instance, nothing would change. June 27th would qualify as an overdue order that should be created. However, there's an order for June 27th based on the current parameters. You can find it in the top section for orders to cancel or keep

15. Click "Submit"

16. If we look at the recurring order now, we'll see the "Frequency" changed to "Every 2 Weeks"

17. Under the child orders, we can see the two in progress orders were cancelled and their status reflects that. We can also see that the