Interval optimization, or Frequency optimization, lets you automatically create Tasks that need to be executed a specified amount of times during a pre-set period. This feature is available on both optimization engines.

For example, suppose you have some Tasks that need to be executed 4 times, others 2 times, and the rest once a month, instead of creating copies of the Tasks for each execution you can specify the Task frequency in your import file. The frequency is defined in the frequency column, like in the example below:

It is important to specify the date range during which these Tasks occur. You can predetermine any desired date range and the frequency of Tasks within it. The example above illustrates a range of one month, however you can set any date range. Additionally, you can allow only specific weekdays on which Tasks can be executed by populating the allowedWeekDays column with the desired day name (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun). You can specify one day, or multiple days as comma-separated values.

The main use case of this feature is to import and pre-plan Tasks that occur multiple times during a specific period of time. For example, suppose you're a delivery business with clients you deliver to several times a month or a field service business visiting the same locations multiple times a month - importing these Tasks might become time-consuming and tedious. This import functionality allows you to add those Tasks to eLogii quickly and efficiently and pre-plan your operations in advance once Tasks are uploaded.

Interval optimization can only be done within the Weekly planning view, which means that Weekly planning is a mandatory feature to have Interval optimization available.
To perform interval optimization, switch your view from Daily to Weekly, by clicking on the view option switch located on the top bar of the app, next to the Date Picker. This will take you to the Weekly planning view.

Next, select the date range you would like to view on the screen (by default, the view is going to show a one week range), and click on the arrow on the Optimization button and select Interval optimization.

The engine will optimize your Tasks for the specified intervals and will honor any allowed weekday restrictions that were imposed.