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Setting up Timeframes on Exercise Prescriptions

How to set how often a client performs a programme, when it ends, and what happens when it finishes, using the When step of the Publish drawer.

Written by Cloudia Barr

The Creator was rebuilt in September 2026. Timeframes are now set in the When step of the Publish drawer rather than on a separate Publish page. See What's New in the Creator for a summary of what changed.

Setting a timeframe tells the client how often to do their programme and how long it runs for, and tells Rehab Guru what to do when it finishes.

Getting to the When step

With your exercises in the programme, click Publish in the Creator top bar. The Publish drawer opens with four steps along the top. When do they do it? is the second.

Turning on Programme duration

The When step starts switched off, which sends the programme with no fixed schedule. Turn on the Programme duration toggle on the right of the step to set one.

Setting the programme duration and end date

How often they perform it

The Perform box sets the frequency. The options are:

  • Without schedule - the client works through it at their own pace.

  • Daily - every day.

  • On - on particular days of the week.

  • Times - a set number of times per period.

The frequency you choose is what compliance is measured against, so it is worth setting if you want to track how well the client is keeping up.

When the programme ends

End programme takes two forms. Choose on and pick a date from the calendar, or choose in and give a number of days or weeks from today.

What happens when it finishes

The When it ends box decides what Rehab Guru does on the end date:

  • Request client contact - asks the client to get back in touch with you.

  • Continue programme - the client keeps access and carries on.

  • Close programme access - the programme is no longer available to the client.

  • Alert me - you get a notification so you can decide what to do next.

An advanced programme built in the Advanced editor carries its own week-by-week schedule, so the When step has nothing to set.

Finishing up

Once the timeframe is set, carry on to the How step for delivery options and reporting, then Review and send and click Publish programme.

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