How to Manually Schedule a Contest

Follow the steps below to manually schedule a contest.

Start by clicking on Programming tab (1), then click on scheduling (2) and (3).

We call the resulting page the Criteria page.

Getting to scheduling

Input your date range (1)
Select Contests as your item type (2)
Select "Let Me Do It (Manual)" (3)
Make sure you select the appropriate scheduling clock to apply the contest to (4)
Click the Submit button (5)

Criteria for Scheduling

When PromoSuite Next is done processing your request you will be taken to a page that says "no items were found" (if this is your first contest scheduled for the date range). If previously scheduled contests exist they will appear on this page instead.

At this point you have two options as to how you may proceed:

If you do not have contest slots in your scheduling clock, go to Option 1: Manual Insert
If you do have contest slots in your scheduling clock, go to Option 2: Drag & Drop

Option 1: Manual Insert Tool

Follow these steps to manually insert a contest:

Click the manual insert tool (green pencil icon on the toolbar).
Select Contest (1) to reveal a list of all contests created within your selected date range
Highlight the contest(s) you want to schedule (2)
Input a number for how many contests should be added to your schedule (3)
Click the Add button (4)

Now that your contest(s) has been added, fill out the date and time for each contest (1)
Click the Apply button (4)

On the resulting page will display the contests you have manually input, and it's here where you actually SAVE your work to schedule it and send it to the to studio.

Click on the Save and finalize button (lock icon) on the tool bar to complete your scheduling a contest using the manual insert tool!

Option 2: Drag & Drop

If you have contest slots in your scheduling clock, follow these steps to drag & drop insert a contest:

"Check" the box in the upper right corner that says "View with Available Slots

A grid will appear with your available contest slots.

At the bottom of the page there will be a box with all of your available contests that fall within the dates you selected on the criteria page.

Click on the contest you want to add to the schedule and drag it into any empty contest slot

Once you have added the desired number of contests to the schedule, finalize these items by clicking the save & finalize icon (lock icon) on the tool bar.

You have now finished scheduling a contest using the drag & drop method of scheduling!