# Scheduled messages setup

## Overview

Scheduled messages allows your bot to send out automatic local chat messages for specific dates and time (SLT)

There are two types of scheduled messages:


1. One-time message
2. Repeating/Periodic Message

To setup one-time/periodic messages for your Local Chat add-on, navigate to your Calendar Messages from your add-on page and click **"Schedule new message"**

Click the according tabs below to read the instructions for creating each message type

* One-time message
* Periodic message

### Creating One-Time Message

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1. **Select your bot:** Choose which personal bot is the sender of the message
2. **Send on:** Select the date of the message to be sent on.
3. **Time:** Fill out on which time message is supposed to deliver, be advised - time format is in **24 hour clock** (a.k.a "Military Time")
4. **Add delivery time:** Adds another time entry.
5. **Repeat:** This option converts your one-time message into periodic (leave blank if message is intended for one-time sending)
6. **Message Text:** This is the body of your message.
7. **Byte Count:** Displays maximum length of your message text.
8. **Confirm:** Saves your changes

### Creating Periodic Messages

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1. **Select your bot:** Choose which personal bot is the sender of the message
2. **Send on:** Select the first date of the message to be sent on.
3. **Time:** Fill out on which time message is supposed to deliver, be advised - time format is in **24 hour clock** (a.k.a "Military Time")
4. **Add delivery time:** Adds another time entry.
5. **Repeat:** Enable this option to convert your message to periodic
6. **Repeat (Daily/Weekdays):** Choose from the drop-down if your message should deliver daily or on specific weekdays.
7. **Every:** Send message on every **inserted** value (1 day - everyday, 2 days - every 2nd day, etc) - If "Weekdays" is selected in an **option 5** - you choose days of the week instead of this.
8. **Message Text:** This is the body/text of your message.
9. **Byte Count:** Displays maximum length of your notice text.

## Message Calendar

Message Calendar allows you to keep track of your message schedule to see on which dates of the month your messages are scheduled to be sent out.

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### Editing/removing scheduled messages

Clicking on each date of the calendar will display the list of your scheduled messages for the selected date.

To remove/edit the message:


1. Click the specific date on the calendar
2. Hover your mouse over top-right corner of the message
3. The menu of following option will appear:

* * **Edit message:** Takes you to message editor
  * **This occurrence only (remove):** Removes the message for the specified date only
  * **WHOLE sequence (remove):** Removes the entire periodic message

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