Automatically Publish or Unpublish a Flow, Banner or Pin
Schedule an Appcues Flow, Banner or Pin to appear or disappear on the date and time you choose.
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Do you want to schedule Flows, Banners and Pins to be delivered to your users at a specific time? This document will explain how to display a Flow, Banner or Pin only after a certain date, up to a specific time, or both.
Scheduling is particularly useful for:
- Downtime announcements. Automatically display a banner at the start of your maintenance window.
- Less confusing limited time offers. Stop showing a flow after a special offer expires.
- Automate your new feature launch. Automatically display a Pin, Flow or Banner (or multiple!) at the same time that your announcement email is sent.
Automatically Publish a Flow, Banner or Pin
- Go to the settings page for the Flow, Banner or Pin that you want to schedule
- Click “Schedule”
- Under the “Start” section, click “at a specific date/time”
- Choose the date and time that you want this Flow, Banner or Pin to begin displaying
- Close the popup. Your Flow, Banner or Pin will appear at the date and time you selected.
Automatically Unpublish a Flow, Banner or Pin
- Go to the settings page for the Flow, Banner or Pin that you want to schedule
- Click “Schedule”
- Under the “Ends” section, click “at a specific date/time”
- Choose the date and time that you want this Flow, Banner or Pin to stop displaying
- Close the popup. Your Flow, Banner or Pin will disappear at the date and time you selected.
Change the Schedule for a Flow, Banner or Pin
- Go to the settings page for the Flow, Banner or Pin that you want to schedule
- Click “Edit Schedule”
- Change the scheduled dates and times
- Close the popup. Your Flow, Banner or Pin will disappear at the date and time you selected.
Remove a Schedule from a Flow, Banner or Pin
- Go to the settings page for the Flow, Banner or Pin that you want to schedule
- Click “Edit Schedule”
- To remove automatic publishing, click “When I publish” under the “Starts” section
- To remove automatic unpublishing, click “When I unpublish” under the “Ends” section
You can always override the schedule by manually clicking publish or unpublish on a Flow, Banner or Pin's settings page.