This form lets you edit the schedule
for a prayer, or the default schedule for a prayer type.
The two options for prayers schedules are:
With prayers that use urgency, the prayers are selected by the
highest score. The score of a prayer is "Urgency" +
"Number of days since you last prayed it".
If you select "Use Urgency", you will see the "Urgency", "Add
each time" and "Subtract each time" fields.
The urgency field lets you enter the urgency of a prayer.
The "Subtract each time" field lets the prayer urgency change
each time you pray it. For example, you might want to
pray a thanks prayer a lot at first, but gradually drop down over
time. If you set urgency 10 with subtract 1, the
prayer will have urgency 10 on the first time you pray it, 9 on
the second, 8 on the time after that, until it reaches 1 (it will
not go below 1). If you set subtract to 2, then
urgency will be 10, 8, 6... If you set subtract to
0.5, then urgency will be 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5... If you
set it to -1, then it will go up each time you pray.
The "Add each time" field works the same way, except that it adds
to urgency. It will keep adding each time you pray
until the urgency reaches the "Always pray" score (which is set in
the prayer type).
If you set subtract to a value other than 0, you will see it
shown as "10 (-1 next)" on the prayer
edit or prayer details
forms or "10 (+1 next)" if you use add.
If you tick to "Adjust to next event", the app will choose an
"Add each time" that will bring the score to the maximum just
before the next event for this prayer. If there is a second event
after the first, the score will be dropped after the first event
is completed, and will automatically go up for the next event.
The first thing to select is the type of repeat you want:
Depending on the option you choose, different fields will be
visible on the repeat tab.
Pressing next to the On field, lets
you select day on which the prayer repeats.
Pressing next to the Start Repeating
field lets you start repeating from a specific date.
Pressing next to the Repeat Until
field lets you stop repeating after a specific date.
Pressing next to the Exclude
Repeating lets you exclude either:
Pressing next to the Repeat choice
shows a page listing all of the predicted repeat times (based on
other other fields in the repeat tab).
It also shows the repeat as an expression (which you can use for
expression repeats).
You can copy the expression from the Test Page into the Repeat
Due field and modify it as required. NOTE: This is only for
advanced use.
You can adjust the frequency of prayers each time you pray.
Setting "Subtract Each Time" will adjust the interval. For
example, if you set "Subtract Each Time" to "1", and you pray each
22 days, then after your next prayer, the prayer will be completed
every 21 days (i.e. more often). Setting "Add Each Time" adds to
the interval (i.e. less often).
Selecting this option means that the prayer will not be selected
automatically, but you can choose it at any time you
like. This could be useful if you want a particular
type of group prayer not to be included in your usual prayers, but
instead pray for them when you are in the group.