What a closure period is
A closure period tells Paddl that a location is shut between two dates. No routines are generated for those days, so a site nobody is working at does not build up a pile of tasks nobody could have done.
It is meant for a temporary shutdown: a refurbishment, a seasonal close, a holiday, a kitchen out of action. The location stays in your account with all its history intact.
Adding one
Go to Locations and open the location
Scroll to Closure periods, just below the opening hours
Click Add closure period and choose the first and last day the site is shut. Both of those days are included
Add a reason if it is useful for your own records, then confirm
Owners and managers can set closure periods.
What happens to tasks already scheduled
Paddl prepares tasks about a week ahead, so there are usually some already sitting in the dates you are about to close. Before anything is removed you are told how many there are and asked to confirm.
Tasks nobody has touched are removed. Anything already started, part-filled, photographed, signed, or completed is kept, so no real work disappears.
Closing a period that has already passed
You can backdate a closure. If a site was shut last month and has built up a long list of overdue tasks, add a closure period covering those dates and they clear in one go. Records completed before and after are left alone.
A closed stretch then reads as not applicable in your compliance figures, rather than as a month of failures.
Reopening
Remove the closure period from the same place. Tasks start generating again for future dates on their own, within a few days.
Note: Removing a closure period does not bring back the tasks it removed. Those dates stay clear.
Closure period, opening hours, or deactivating?
Use | When |
|---|---|
Closure period | The site is shut for a stretch of dates and will reopen |
Opening hours | The normal trading week, for example closed every Sunday |
Deactivating a location | The site has gone for good |
Important: Setting every day in the opening hours to closed does not stop tasks being created. Opening hours describe a normal trading week; a closure period is what tells Paddl the site is shut. If a location is quietly filling up with overdue tasks nobody can clear, this is usually why.
While a site is closed
No new tasks are created for those dates
The location card shows when it is closed until
End-of-day summaries and end-of-shift reminders pause for that site
Related
For clearing individual records that were missed for other reasons, see Food Safety and Hygiene Records. For how routines are scheduled in the first place, see Routines and Checklists.