Extend Expire Dates
This utility extends all active non-combo subscriptions by route for a user-defined number of days.
Note: Extend Expire Dates will not update the wallet when Advance Bill Premium Days are used.
To run this utility:
Select Extend Expire Dates from the
Utilities | Subscription/Addressmenu in Graphical Utilities to display the Extend Expire Dates screen.
Select Add and complete the following fields.
| Field | Type | What to enter |
|---|---|---|
PRODUCT | setup | Select the product for which to update expire dates. Only one product can be entered. |
SOURCE | setup | Select a source code for these expire change transactions. |
REASON | setup | Select a reason for these expire change transactions. |
DAYS TO EXTEND | integer (3) | Enter the number of days to extend expire dates (must be a positive integer). |
ALL ROUTES ROUTE | yes/no setup | Check All Routes to change delivery schedules for all routes, or enter one or more specific routes. If you click the Lookup icon to the right of the Route field, the Route List Maintenance screen will appear. Select Add and enter and individual route, then click OK. Click OK when you have finished and the window will close. |
ALL DELIVERY DAYS | yes/no | If you want to extend the expire date for subscribers who received a paper on a specific publishing date, leave All Delivery Days unchecked, and the publishing date in the Delivery Date date field. For example, if the expire date should be extended for everyone who received a paper on 11/30/2009, enter “11/30/2009”. |
DELIVERY DATE | date | Otherwise, check All Delivery Days to include all subscribers who meet the remaining criteria. Delivery Date will be skipped. |
ALL SCHEDULES | yes/no | If you want to extend the expire date for subscribers on a specific delivery schedule, leave All Schedules unchecked, and select the delivery schedule in the Schedule field. |
SCHEDULE | date | Otherwise, check All Schedules to include subscribers on all delivery schedules. |
UPDATE | yes/no | If you check this field, expire change transactions will be created. Leave the field unchecked to produce only a report (transactions will not be created). |
REMARKS | open (40) | This field is optional, and defaults to “DTIExpireDateExtend”. Remarks are stored with the ExpireChg transaction. |
Select OK and Continue to update the expire dates.
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