Setting "Repeat every year" on an existing restriction
Now that we have the "Repeat every year" checkbox for restrictions, it'd be useful if we could tick this for existing restrictions to turn them into repeating ones, without the need to then also edit the start/end dates to avoid the "Start date can not be in the past" error.
e.g. a segment has an existing restriction set for 5th September 2019 to 20th October 2019, and the restriction is one that ought to be set as recurring.
The preferred workflow would be for the editor to simply tick the "Repeat every year" checkbox and save, without any other changes being required to the existing restriction setup.
The current workflow is that the editor ticks the checkbox but then still also needs to change the start and end dates to 5th September 2020-20th October 2020, which risks introducing an error in the modified start/end dates.
by Twister-UK
Link to the original suggestion: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1525&t=300152
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Stephen commented
What the OP is explaining is the same issue I am seeing correcting the error of Waze's annual feature not correctly identifying future year dates.
Tenby Walled Town has an annual Pedestrianised Zone, where some roads change direction and become restricted to vehicle types. The time period always starts on the first Monday of July, and always finishes on the second Friday of September.
Waze's Driving Restriction feature "Repeat Annually" does not always consistently get the future years correct. The road closure in 2024 was Monday 1st July to Friday 13th September, the Repeat Annually feature sets 2025 to Monday 30th June when it should be Monday 6th July.
I now need to change the 30th June dates to 6th July, but I can't edit any that has a driving restriction for the rest of the year, as it sees a start date of 14th September 2024, a date that is in the past.
Should you wish to look at the area in question, it is: https://waze.com/en-GB/editor?env=row&lat=51.67186&lon=-4.69953&zoomLevel=18
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RickyPV89 commented
Another suggestion could be to have TBR to repeat the first occurrence of Sunday of every month, for local parades or festivals.
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bedo
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This is essential, the validation of the starting date has to be ignored when "Repeat every year" is checked.
I have a restriction that repeats every summer from June 15th to Sept 15th, I can't fill it in currently to repeat (Aug. 8th) and I will forget again next winter/spring... -
Jon commented
Also you can't tick the "Repeat Every Year" box on a restriction that is currently active with a start date in the past. You must wait until the restriction has ended before you can modify it.