Set the purchase order import schedule

DropStream pulls purchase orders from each connection on a recurring schedule. Unlike most channels, the Purchase Orders channel exposes two schedules:

• Import schedule — how often DropStream pulls new POs from the source system. Defaults to every 15 minutes.
• Status update schedule — how often DropStream pushes fulfillment status back from the warehouse to the source. Defaults to every 4 hours.

Each sub-schedule has its own clock icon (to edit) and refresh icon (to trigger manually).

View the current schedules

1. Click Connections in the left sidebar, then click the name of the connection.
2. On the Channels tab, find the Purchase Orders card.

The card shows, for each sub-schedule:

• Recurrence — a plain-language description of the current schedule.
• Last completed — when the most recent run finished.
• Next update — when the next scheduled run will start.

Edit the Import schedule

1. Click the clock icon in the Import schedule row of the Purchase Orders card. The Edit rules modal opens with the current schedule rules listed.
2. To add a new rule, click Add schedule and choose a type: Minutely, Hourly, Daily, or Flexible.
3. Set the values for each rule. To remove a rule, click its Delete button.
4. Click Save changes.

You can stack multiple rules — for example, a Daily rule for off-hours plus a Minutely rule during business hours. DropStream runs an import whenever any active rule fires.

Edit the Status update schedule

Editing the Status update schedule works exactly the same way — click the clock icon in its row and follow the same steps. The two schedules are independent; changing one does not affect the other.

A common pattern is a slower Import schedule (POs change infrequently) paired with a faster Status update schedule (warehouses report fulfillment in near-real-time and you want the source system informed quickly), or the reverse depending on which side you need to keep current.

Notes on Flexible schedules

In a Flexible schedule, Start Hour is the first hour block in which the schedule runs and End Hour is the last hour block. So 12am to 11pm means “all 24 hours of the day” — equivalent to leaving both blank.

The schedule applies on the days you check; uncheck a day to skip it entirely.

Disable imports without deleting the schedule

To pause imports while keeping the schedule configuration, toggle the Purchase Orders switch on the channel card to off. A confirmation dialog appears — click Confirm to disable. Both the import and status-update sub-schedules stay saved and resume when you toggle the channel back on.