Recurring Challenges
Here are some questions to help you better understand recurring challenges.
Scoring in a recurring challenge begins immediately upon saving, unless hidden or disabled, and is retroactive.
It's recommended to line up the start (and end) of a recurring challenge with the scoring period:
- In a daily challenge, start on a morning. The score resets daily.
- In a weekly challenge, start on a Monday morning. The score resets weekly.
- In a monthly challenge, start on the 1st. The score resets monthly.
- In a yearly challenge, start January 1st. The score resets annually.
This ensures clarity and prevents users from assuming that their scores are incorrect. For instance, if you start a weekly step challenge on a Friday, users have only three days to meet the weekly goal, which could cause confusion when the score resets on Monday.
Setting show/hide dates lets you align a recurring challenge with the above scoring periods. Disabling the challenge will also end scoring and remove it from the Challenges section of the app.
A recurring challenge appears immediately upon saving and scoring starts immediately, unless hidden or disabled.
Show/hide dates give you the flexibility to make a challenge visible prior to the start of scoring or keep it visible after scoring concludes. Alternatively, you can also disable the challenge, which removes it from the challenges section of the app.
If you set a hide date this will end scoring, since the challenge will no longer be visible to users. You can also end scoring by disabling it in the Challenge list.