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A locked visit keeps a near-term or communicated schedule stable. Automatic planning preserves it, while an authorized operator can still make a deliberate override.

The before-delivery protection window

The Days before delivery setting under Settings > Notifications controls both reminder timing and calendar protection. If the value is 2, Planning protects:
  • Today
  • Tomorrow
  • The following day
Past dates are also protected. Automatic planning creates no new route capacity on those dates, so it neither moves existing visits nor inserts unrelated unplanned work there.

What a notified order means

When a before-delivery notification is created for the current schedule, Sweeply stores the customer promise tied to that schedule.
  • For work that does not require presence, the promise normally protects the communicated service date.
  • For presence-required work, the promise normally protects the communicated time or arrival window.
  • A notified visit is not offered to ordinary automatic reassignment.
The notification delivery result and the schedule promise are separate. A failed email or SMS remains visible for follow-up but does not automatically release the protected schedule.

What Locked means

Sweeply shows a scheduled, not-started order as Locked when either:
  • Its service date is inside the before-delivery protection window, or
  • A current notification promise matches its scheduled start
The order remains scheduled underneath the display state.

Override a protected visit

1

Start the move or route edit

Select the protected visit and choose the intended new week, date, member, time, or route position.
2

Review the customer impact

Compare the existing promise with the proposed schedule. A date-only promise may survive a same-date route reorder; a changed presence-required interval normally does not.
3

Confirm and enter a reason

Confirm that you understand the protected schedule is being superseded and record the operational reason.
4

Apply the change and contact the customer

Send an updated notification when offered, or contact the customer deliberately. Review any resulting planning issue.
Moving a notified visit can make already communicated information wrong. Do not treat the confirmation as a routine click-through.
Last modified on August 27, 2026