Get Started
Help Center

Choose how often an Alfy program runs

Set an Alfy coffee chat program to run weekly, every 2 to 12 weeks, monthly, quarterly or on a custom schedule, at the time and timezone you pick.

SlackMicrosoft TeamsUpdated Oct 5, 20261 min read

The How often? field of an Alfy program sets when Alfy runs a new round: weekly, every few weeks, monthly, quarterly or on a custom schedule. You find it when you create or edit a program in the web dashboard.

Pick a preset#

Open How often? and pick one of the presets. They reuse the program's current day, for example:

  • Every week on Monday (default)
  • Every 2 weeks on Monday
  • Every month on the 1st Monday
  • Every month on the 1st (a day of the month)
  • Every quarter on the 1st Monday

The How often? dropdown, with the Custom option highlighted

Set a custom schedule#

Click Custom… to open the Custom recurrence dialog.

  1. Under Repeat every, pick a number from 1 to 12 and week or month.
  2. For a weekly schedule, under Repeat on, pick one day.
  3. For a monthly schedule, pick either:
    • On day and a day from 1 to 28, or
    • On the with first, second, third, fourth or last, and a weekday.
  4. Click Done.

The Custom recurrence dialog, with the Repeat every row highlighted

The Custom recurrence dialog set to monthly, with the On the row highlighted

Set the time and timezone#

Use At which time? (15-minute steps, default 9:00am) and Select timezone (default Europe/Paris).

Skip a single round#

To skip or move only the next round without changing the schedule, see skip or move the next round.

Still stuck? Talk to a human.

Our team answers in the chat, and you’ll talk to a real person, not a bot.