## Note: This guide will provide instructions on how to manually create and/or edit Availability Rules for Hours of Operation. To see the new Visual Scheduling, refer to this guide: Visual Scheduling ##


1. Log into Active8 as a Local Admin or Company Admin

2. On the left-hand Navigation Pane, select 'Corporate', then 'Locations' from the drop-down

3. Click Edit on your Location

4. Select the Hours of Operation tab from the white sub-menu (Note: By default, you will be on the Availability tab, which is a visual overview of the Hours of Operation. You can use this page to make changes to the Hours of Operation as well - refer to the Visual Scheduling guide linked at the top of this article)

5. Select the 'List' tab to view all of the current Availability Rules that are setting your Hours of Operation


From here, you can either create new Hours of Operation or edit existing Availability Rules.


## To Create New Availability Rules ##


1. (Starting from Corporate -> Locations -> Edit Location)

2. Click the green Add button at the top-left of the page and select 'Add Hours of Operation Rule' from the drop-down

3. In the new pop-up, complete the following (any fields not listed below can be disregarded):

  1. Title: This can be anything to help identify the Availability Rule. It is internal only and not seen by customers.
  2. Start - Date: Enter the Date in which this new Availability Rule will take effect. For example, if you are creating Hours of Operation for December 25th, 2021, you would set the Start Date to 12/25/2021.
  3. Start - Time: Enter the Time in which the Store will open on that Date/day(s) of the week.
  4. End - Date: !IMPORTANT! This End Date must ALWAYS be the same as the Start Date, even if creating new Hours of Operation that will span numerous Dates. 
  5. End - Time: Enter the Time in which the Store will close on that Date/day(s) of the week.
  6. Repeat: This must ALWAYS be enabled, even when creating Hours of Operation for a single Date. Once enabled, the right-hand column will be shown.
  7. Repeats: Here, you will select either Daily or Weekly (in almost all cases). If the Hours of Operation will be identical every day of the week for the duration of the Availability Rule, you may select Daily. However, if you are setting up the Hours of Operation for only certain days of the week, select Weekly.
  8. Repeats Every: Enter the interval in which this Availability Rule will repeat. For example, Repeats Every 1 Day (with Repeats set to Daily) would cause the Hours of Operation to be set to the Start and End Time for this Availability Rule for every day of the week. While Repeats Every 2 Weeks (with Repeats set to Weekly) will cause the Availability Rule to be in effect every other week. 
  9. Ends: If you wish for the Hours of Operation to remain at that schedule until further notice, select Never. Otherwise, you may select On Date, which will show an additional field to provide the date in which this Availability Rule ceases.

4. Once all of the above fields are completed, click Save and your new Hours of Operation should be complete!


## To Edit Existing Availability Rules ##


1. (Starting from Corporate -> Locations -> Edit Location -> Hours of Operation -> List tab)

2. First, you'll need to find the Availability Rule that you would like to edit. Once you've found the correct one, click Edit on that Availability Rule.

3. Using the details listed above in #3 of Creating a New Availability Rule, make changes to the fields as needed. For example, if the Store is normally open at 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays but you would like to remain open until 8:00 p.m. instead, you would simply find the original Availability Rule that is creating those Hours of Operation, then change the End - Time to be 8:00 p.m. instead of 7:00 p.m.

4. Once all necessary changes are made, click Save and your Hours of Operation should be updated!


## To Close the Store for a Single Day ##


1. (Starting from Corporate -> Locations -> Edit Location -> Hours of Operation -> List tab)

2. First, you'll need to find the Availability Rule that is creating the Hours of Operation for the day that you would like to close the Store. Once you've found it, click Create An Exception.

3. In the new pop-up, simply enter the Date in which you would like to close the Store. Creating an Exception will skip the Availability Rule for that Date. For example, if your park is normally open at 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, but you need to close the store on Saturday, January 16th, 2021, simply add an Exception for that Date and the Availability Rule will skip it. All subsequent Saturdays will remain unaffected, but January 16th, 2021 will have no Hours of Operation. Note: If multiple Availability Rules are in place for a single Date, you will need to create an Exception on each of them in order to fully close the Store for that Date.