Variable interval 2x/week chore

[smartcastle]

Hello,

Not fully understanding how to set this up. I've read through the guide for configuring chores and advanced chore configuration and not seeing what I need.

I have a chore for one of my kids that needs to be done every Tuesday and Saturday, with the window opening for due 1 day before to give a 2 day window to accomplish.

Current Settings:

• Name = Test
• Points Awarded = 5
• Assigned To = Child 1
• Schedule Frequency = Custom
• Schedule Due Date = (Not sure what to put here, is this just the first due date?)
• Schedule Applicable Days = Tuesday, Saturday
• Due Window = 1 Day
• Lock Claim Until Due Window Opens = true
• Schedule Custom Interval = (states that I need this, but Tues-Sat is 3 days between and Sat-Tues is 2 days)
• Schedule Custom Interval Unit = (unknown)
• Approval Reset Timing = Once per day - Resets at midnight

[ccpk1]

In this case, I would set recurrence to daily and then set applicable days to Tuesday and Saturday. Set the due date as the first calendar date that you want it completed, at this point, I assume this Saturday. Even though the recurrence says every day, the applicable days will only allow it to schedule on Tuesday and Saturday as you request.

The other key piece is the due window. You have said that as one day, which means the chore will become due on Monday and Friday, respectively. That will work as you expect.

The other thing you say is that you want to set it so it has to be completed within two days, but this is conflicting since you said the due date is Tuesday and Saturday. So anytime after Tuesday or Saturday the chore is actually overdue. Technically that's fine, but it will show as overdue until it is complete, then it will schedule to the next occurrence. There is no native feature that says only allow it to be overdue for two days before it just reschedules to the next occurrence. That said you could easily accomplish this with an automation that looks for overdue time greater than two days which you could trigger on the chore sensor attribute.

Hopefully that points you in the right direction, but let me know if I'm missing your intent.

[smartcastle]

Thanks for the follow-up. I'll give daily a shot and see how it works. To clarify on the two days to accomplish. My plan is to have the chore deadline Tuesday at midnight and offset the due window by one day. Hoping this opens the chore to be available to claim within that 48 hour window, but still due by the specific deadline. Thanks again.

[ccpk1]

I don't recommend using midnight as a due date since the system will not work intuitively for you for several reasons. (It's mentioned in a few other threads, but these aren't bugs)

My recomendation:

• Set due date to Tuesday at 11:55PM.
• Set due window to 48 hours.

Example chore states

• Sunday: Waiting until 11:56PM, then becomes Due`
• Monday: Due (If Claimed or Completed will take that status)
• Tuesday: Due (If Claimed or Completed will take that status until 11:56PM where if not complete it will become Overdue until complete)
• Wednesday: Waiting (unless it is still Overdue, but will transition to Waiting again as soon as `Completed)

Good luck.