Recurring Challenges

Recurring Challenges happen again and again on a predictable schedule. They are ideal for weekly, monthly, or daily competitions.

Creating a new Recurring Challenge

To create a new Recurring Challenge:

1. Open the left navigation and click Administration > Competitions > Challenges.

2. Click the green + Create Challenge button in the top-right. 

3. Complete the Create Challenge Form. Fill out the following fields:

1. Challenge Details

Name: We recommend a name which explicitly includes Metric and time frame. 

2. Schedule

Like to see some examples of Recurring Challenges?

Challenges can either take place on a single or recurring basis. In this article, we'll discuss Recurring Challenges.

For Recurring Challenges, move the selector to Recurring

Establish the Initial Event

Start Date, Start Time and Time Zone

Set the Start Date, Start Time and Time Zone, establishing the start of the Initial Challenge

Note: Retroactive, or Challenges with a Start Date in the past, will default to have a Start Time of 12:00AM

End Date and End Time

Set the End Date and End Time of the first Challenge, establishing the Challenge duration. The same Time Zone will be used. 

The duration, or period between Start Date/Time and End Date/Time of this competition will be used for all future recurrences of this Challenge

Establish Frequency of Each Recurring Event

The frequency of recurrence determine how often this Challenge will repeat. The "smart" selector below will anticipate your intention allowing for both discrete dates and relative-weekly scheduling.

The flexibility of this interface enables recurring schedules such as:

• Every Week
• Once per Month
• 2nd Monday of Every Quarter
• Last Friday of Month

Establish When The Recurrence Ends

Recurring events will continue on forever, unless an end is defined. Recurring Challenges can end after a certain # of occurrences or after a specific date.  

3. & 4.   Challenge Setup & Competitor Selection

Competition Metric:

This is the KPI or Metric that will be used to calculate "points" for this Challenge. It's important to keep in mind the frequency with which your data is pushed to Ambition (hopefully real-time), in relation to the competition.

A single-day Challenge won't be very impactful if your Metric data is pushed over every night at midnight. 

Hierarchy Level:

Select which Hierarchy Level to compete at. Read more about Ambition Hierarchy Levels here.

Competitor Selection:

Select whether all or specific members of User / Groups will compete in the Challenge.

Scoring Type:

If selecting a grouped competitor type (not User level hierarchy), determine if the Group's scores will be Averaged or Summed.

Averaging is a great way to normalize for unbalanced quantities of contributors on a Team.

Summing is a great way to normalize for differing degree of skill between Teams. 

Competitor Selection:

If All Users or Groups will compete there is no need for Competitor Selection, and this section will remain blank.

If a Custom or Within grouping is selected, pick specific Users / Groups to compete in the Challenge.

5. Prizes (optional)

Prizes are not required, but if appropriate 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes can be listed here.

These prizes are displays along with the Challenge on Dashboards. 

Finishing up

Once you've completed the Challenge Form, click the green Create Challenge button in the bottom right.

Participants will be notified via email before the Challenge begins, and can track progress via Dashboards.