Configuring pickup times and schedules

You can define pickup schedules to specify when pickups can occur so that more accurate promising dates are provided to customers. Order pickups are restricted to specific time windows throughout the day and over a certain date range.

Before you begin

Familiarize yourself with pickup times and schedules. For more information, see Pickup times and schedules.

About this task

Configuring pickup times and schedules is optional. You might define a pickup schedule when you want to organize pickup-time windows during the day. By scheduling these pickups, you help ensure that adequate inventory and capacity is available during these times. To avoid configuration issues, ensure that schedules don't overlap. Any schedules that have expired already are not displayed.

1. From the menu, select Configuration > Nodes and click the Nodes card.
2. Select a node to which you want to apply the pickup times and schedules.
3. To define the pickup times and schedule, in the Pickup times tab, complete the following steps:
   1. Click Add Pickup times.
   2. Enter a start date and an end date.
   3. To apply the pickup times to all weekdays or to the weekend, enter the pickup times and click Apply to weekdays or Apply to weekend.
   4. To apply the pickup times to specific days of the week, click Add and enter the pickup times.
   5. Click Save.
4. To edit or delete the pickup times and schedules, complete the following steps:
   1. In the Pickup times table, select a pickup schedule to modify and click the Edit icon.
   2. Update the schedule, and click Save.
   3. In the Pickup times table, select the pickup schedule that you want to delete and click the Delete icon.
   4. In the Confirm delete modal, click Delete.

What to do next

Depending on your fulfillment strategy, you can define a pickup schedule with or without a cutoff. For more information, see Scenario: Applying pickup schedules.