Delivery Schedule Change

This utility is used to select a group of subscribers and change their delivery schedules. For example, you may want to force all weekend-only subscribers to a Fri-Sun schedule. The delivery schedule change will not change the expiration dates of these subscriptions. Rating information will be recalculated to allow these subscribers to receive more papers within the same period.

After running this utility, a report will be displayed that shows all accounts that met the criteria entered on this screen.

Notes:

• You must assign a reason code that has Update Expire set to “no”.

• You must create a rate file that contains the old rate and new rate. When a subscriber is selected who has the old rate, the new rate will be assigned. The file must be in /dti/exchange/cm and be formatted as follows: <old rate> | <new rate>.

To run the Delivery Schedule Change utility:

• Select Deliv Sched Change from the Utilities | Subscription/Address menu in Graphical Utilities to display the Delivery Schedule Change screen.

  
• Select Add and complete the following fields.

  Field	Type	What to enter
  PRODUCT	setup	Select the product to which the delivery schedule change will apply.
  EFFECTIVE DATE	date	Enter the date on which the delivery schedule changes will be made.
  SOURCE	setup	Select a source code for these transactions.
  SUB SOURCE	setup	Select a subsource, if required.
  IN GRACE REASON CODE, PAID REASON CODE	setup	Select a reason for the transactions that will be created. You can use different reason codes for in-grace subscribers and paid subscribers. Note: It is recommended that you use reason codes that are set up with Update Expire=”no” in these fields. Reason codes that update the expire date can cause expire dates to move backward instead of forward.
  NEW SCHEDULE	setup	Select the new delivery schedule that will be assigned.
  OLD SCHEDULE	setup	Select the old delivery schedule that will be changed.
  DELIVERY TYPE	setup	Select the delivery type to which these changes will apply (e.g., “carrier”, “motor”, etc.). Select “*” to multi-select.
  RATE FILE	open	Enter the name of the rate file that contains the old rate and new rate. The file must be in /dti/exchange/cm and be formatted as follows: <old rate> | <new rate>.
  REMARKS	open	Enter any remarks for the transactions that will be created. Remarks will be visible on the Delivery Schedule Change transaction screen in Customer Service.
  READ OPTION	predefined	Select Edit to see the transactions that will be created, or Create to actually create the transactions.

• Select OK and then Continue to change the delivery schedules.