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Worked Example: How to Add a Compensation Condition that applies to Schedule Periods

 

A pet sitting company pays its sitters $7.50 for a 20 minute dog walk in the morning or at midday but $7.00 for the same dog walk in the afternoon. 
 

In this example it's useful to avoid creating a new service for an afternoon dog walk. This will clutter up your service list and make the system less easy to use. Instead we set up a compensation condition and apply it to the standard 20 minute dog walk service so that a lower rate is automatically calculated when the service is scheduled in the afternoon.

ON DESKTOP:

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Navigate to Admin > Services > Service Items > Compensation Conditions

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STEP 1

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• Click the service item you wish to edit.

STEP 2​​

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• Click "Compensation Conditions" from the menu.

• Then click "Add a New Condition".

STEP 3​​

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• Select "the time period is" in the left hand drop down menu

• Select "Afternoon" from the second drop down menu

• Type 7.00 in the box labelled "Then compensation is"

• Click "Add".

STEP 4

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This has created a rule which you can now see on the Compensation Conditions list for this service item. This rule will automatically calculate compensation of $7.00 for any 20 minute dog walk that you schedule in an afternoon throughout the whole week. 

This example where the compensation conditions are applied to diary periods apply to the following "If" statements:

 

• If the time period is - you are given the option of Morning, Midday, Afternoon and Other and these periods are as set out in your Diary. These periods can be altered to suit your pet sitting business and are found under Admin > Settings > Schedule Settings > Column View Headings..​

ON MOBILE:

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STEP 1​​​​

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• Tap the Navigator, and select Admin > Services > Service Items > Charge Conditions

STEP 2

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• Tap the service you wish to edit.

STEP 3

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• Tap the "Compensation Conditions" menu.

STEP 4

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• Tap "Add A New Condition" menu.

STEP 5​​

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• Select "the time period is" in the left hand drop down menu

• Select "Afternoon" from the second drop down menu

• Type 7.00 in the box labelled "Then compensation is"

• Click "Add".

STEP 6

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This has created a rule which you can now see on the Compensation Conditions list for this service item. This rule will automatically calculate compensation of $7.00 for any 20 minute dog walk that you schedule in an afternoon throughout the whole week.