Timed Feed Modifications

Need to setup promotions or launch new products at midnight on Saturday? With feed mods, changes can be setup in advance ensuring a better night's sleep for marketing and technical teams!

Setup
1
Create/edit the desired feed modification.
2
In the Schedule section, click the "Add Change-Event" button and set the time to enable (or pause!) the modification. (Note: you can schedule as many Change-Events as you want, each will pause/unpause the rule at the desired time).
3
Click "Save Changes" when done.
Scheduling
Feed mods do not actually trigger a feed creation, they only pause or unpause rules. So, make sure:- Your new feed modification schedule correlates with the existing feed creation schedule.
- — OR —
- Set up a new "One-off" import which will initiate the feed creation process to correspond with your feed mod schedule (more info here).

To schedule a one-off import:
- Go to Products tab > Import Settings > Schedule tab
- Click
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- Start Time: enter the date and time you would like the update to start (hint: this should generally be same as the Change-Event time).
- Click "Save Changes"
Advanced
- Need to schedule product exclusions? Create a feed modification rule that sets a custom "exclusion" attribute (e.g., Custom: exclude_old_products) — and then use that attribute as a trigger in the Feed Exclusions area to remove products.
- Click the "History" button in the feed mods area to see a chronological list of enable/pause events. Note that history events have two times: the time the feed mod was scheduled and the actual feed creation execution time (based on import schedules).
Timed Feed Mods are available for all VersaFeed clients today!