Schedule a time
The composer schedule applies to every selected account. You can also repeat the post, or drop it into the weekly time-slot queue.
The choices
Section titled “The choices”| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Publish when it is approved | The worker sends it as soon as an approver accepts it. |
| Publish at a time | You pick a date and a time. The worker sends it then, after it has been approved. |
| Repeat | Every N days or weeks, the worker makes another draft. You set an end date or a maximum number of copies. Each copy still needs approval. |
| Add to queue | Each account is placed in the next open weekly time slot for that account, or for the brand if the account has none. The post is not approved. |
Add to queue needs a time slot saved under Scheduling. If none is open in the next eight weeks, the composer says so and does not invent a time.
The time is interpreted in the time zone on the composer. That zone is remembered in this browser. If the date and time do not exist in that zone, because of a daylight-saving gap, the composer asks you to choose another. The line under the fields shows the moment it will publish.
A blog file is committed when that time arrives. GitHub is not asked to wait until a future committer date.
A YouTube Community post or a LinkedIn newsletter is not sent at that time. Home asks you to post it yourself. It stays handed to the app until you mark it done.
Who can set a time
Section titled “Who can set a time”Owners, admins, editors, and schedulers can set a time. An assistant can set a time only when that client has Schedule. Setting a time does not approve the post.
You can move a time later from the calendar by dragging an editable post that has not been sent onto another day. See Calendar.
Approval still comes first
Section titled “Approval still comes first”A time on a draft does not skip review. The worker publishes approved jobs. If the post is still in review when the time arrives, it is not sent until it is approved. If you needed it to go at that exact minute, approve it before then.
Canceling a scheduled post, from the product or from an assistant with Schedule, takes it off the queue. It does not delete the source draft.